{"cve":"CVE-2024-49852","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T13:15:05.977","modified":"2026-06-17T08:00:35.127","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: elx: libefc: Fix potential use after free in efc_nport_vport_del()\n\nThe kref_put() function will call nport->release if the refcount drops to\nzero.  The nport->release release function is _efc_nport_free() which frees\n\"nport\".  But then we dereference \"nport\" on the next line which is a use\nafter free.  Re-order these lines to avoid the use after free.","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/16a570f07d870a285b0c0b0d1ca4dff79e8aa5ff","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e4b02fad094976763af08fec2c620f4f8edd9ae","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c2908985e4ae0ea1b526b3916de9e5351650908","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98752fcd076a8cbc978016eae7125b4971be1eec","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abc71e89170ed32ecf0a5a29f31aa711e143e941"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-49852","score":0.00209,"percentile":0.11121,"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."]}