{"cve":"CVE-2024-38588","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-19T14:15:18.907","modified":"2026-06-17T07:40:39.173","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nftrace: Fix possible use-after-free issue in ftrace_location()\n\nKASAN reports a bug:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ftrace_location+0x90/0x120\n  Read of size 8 at addr ffff888141d40010 by task insmod/424\n  CPU: 8 PID: 424 Comm: insmod Tainted: G        W          6.9.0-rc2+\n  [...]\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0xa0\n   print_report+0xcf/0x610\n   kasan_report+0xb5/0xe0\n   ftrace_location+0x90/0x120\n   register_kprobe+0x14b/0xa40\n   kprobe_init+0x2d/0xff0 [kprobe_example]\n   do_one_initcall+0x8f/0x2d0\n   do_init_module+0x13a/0x3c0\n   load_module+0x3082/0x33d0\n   init_module_from_file+0xd2/0x130\n   __x64_sys_finit_module+0x306/0x440\n   do_syscall_64+0x68/0x140\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x71/0x79\n\nThe root cause is that, in lookup_rec(), ftrace record of some address\nis being searched in ftrace pages of some module, but those ftrace pages\nat the same time is being freed in ftrace_release_mod() as the\ncorresponding module is being deleted:\n\n           CPU1                       |      CPU2\n  register_kprobes() {                | delete_module() {\n    check_kprobe_address_safe() {     |\n      arch_check_ftrace_location() {  |\n        ftrace_location() {           |\n          lookup_rec() // USE!        |   ftrace_release_mod() // Free!\n\nTo fix this issue:\n  1. Hold rcu lock as accessing ftrace pages in ftrace_location_range();\n  2. Use ftrace_location_range() instead of lookup_rec() in\n     ftrace_location();\n  3. Call synchronize_rcu() before freeing any ftrace pages both in\n     ftrace_process_locs()/ftrace_release_mod()/ftrace_free_mem().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1880a324af1c95940a7c954b6b937e86844a33bd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31310e373f4c8c74e029d4326b283e757edabc0b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66df065b3106964e667b37bf8f7e55ec69d0c1f6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b4881da5b19f65709f5c18c1a4d8caa2e496461","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ea8ef5e42173560ac510e92a1cc797ffeea8831"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-38588","score":0.00237,"percentile":0.14803,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}