{"cve":"CVE-2024-50028","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T20:15:16.163","modified":"2026-08-04T11:21:08.930","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nthermal: core: Reference count the zone in thermal_zone_get_by_id()\n\nThere are places in the thermal netlink code where nothing prevents\nthe thermal zone object from going away while being accessed after it\nhas been returned by thermal_zone_get_by_id().\n\nTo address this, make thermal_zone_get_by_id() get a reference on the\nthermal zone device object to be returned with the help of get_device(),\nunder thermal_list_lock, and adjust all of its callers to this change\nwith the help of the cleanup.h infrastructure.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a42a5839f400e929c489bb1b58f54596c4535167","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c95538b286efc6109c987e97a051bc7844ede802"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-50028","score":0.00217,"percentile":0.12187,"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."]}