CVE-2024-57980: Linux kernel · media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path
Affects Linux kernelSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 23:23 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Thin evidence
One scorer or none- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 19% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Feb 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path If the uvc_status_init() function fails to allocate the int_urb, it will free the dev->status pointer but doesn't reset the pointer to NULL. This results in the kfree() call in uvc_status_cleanup() trying to double-free the memory. Fix it by resetting the dev->status pointer to NULL after freeing it. Reviewed by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org>
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6e5ba2516c5bef87c1fcb8189b6f3cad7c64b2d (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/87522ef165e5b6de8ef98cc318f3335166a1512c (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba8884a56a3eb97c22f0ce0e4dd410d4ca4c277 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9232719ac9ce4d5c213cebda23d72aec3e1c4c0d (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c36dcd662ec5276782838660f8533a7cb26be49 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1f8e69eec91d5a75ef079778a5d0151db2a7f22 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8e63dd7b6683969d3d47c7b8e9635f96d554ad4 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6ef3a7fa97ec823a1e1af9085cf13db9f7b3bac (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html (opens in a new tab)
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html (opens in a new tab)