CVE-2024-53170

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's block layer. When a storage disk is removed or unregistered, improper state handling fails to clear request mappings, leaving stale references to released memory. A local user with administrative privileges could exploit this use-after-free vulnerability (accessing memory after it has been released) during queue iteration to cause a kernel crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS), or potentially achieve arbitrary code execution.

This issue is considered to be a moderate impact flaw, as the exploitation for this will need an ADMIN (or ROOT) privilege (PR:H).

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.