CVE-2024-50057
Linux Kernel ≤ 6.6.57
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LSummary
CVE-2024-50057 is a low-severity Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference (CWE-763) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 3.3 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 12th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-44809
Vulnerability Data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: tipd: Free IRQ only if it was requested before In polling mode, if no IRQ was requested there is no need to free it. Call devm_free_irq() only if…
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client->irq is set. This fixes the warning caused by the tps6598x module removal: WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 333 at kernel/irq/devres.c:144 devm_free_irq+0x80/0x8c ... ... Call trace: devm_free_irq+0x80/0x8c tps6598x_remove+0x28/0x88 [tps6598x] i2c_device_remove+0x2c/0x9c device_remove+0x4c/0x80 device_release_driver_internal+0x1cc/0x228 driver_detach+0x50/0x98 bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xbc driver_unregister+0x30/0x60 i2c_del_driver+0x54/0x64 tps6598x_i2c_driver_exit+0x18/0xc3c [tps6598x] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x184/0x264 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x110 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xc8/0xe8 do_el0_svc+0x20/0x2c el0_svc+0x28/0x98 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x13c/0x158 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation directly exercises deallocation paths and can find incorrect release calls or mismatched alloc/free pairs.
Documented development standards and tools can mandate safe memory-management idioms and static checks that avoid invalid releases.
An SDLC that incorporates security can embed memory-safety requirements, reducing the chance such coding errors are introduced.
Engineering principles require correct resource management and memory-release patterns that stop invalid pointer releases from being coded.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly prevent invalid pointer release errors during development.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect invalid pointer releases before release.
Secure SDLC practices can mandate proper memory-management APIs and reviews that catch incorrect deallocation.
Application security requirements can specify correct use of release functions and pointer validation.
Secure architecture principles include safe memory handling and resource-lifetime rules.
Secure coding standards directly prohibit mismatched or incorrect pointer-release calls.