TI-2024-26429 Aliases CVE-2024-39494 GHSA-2938-5hf8-58m3

ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name

LOW 34CWE-416Published 2024-07-12 · Updated 2026-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name ->d_name.name can change on rename and the earlier value can be freed; there are conditions sufficient to stabilize it (->d_lock on dentry, ->d_lock on its parent, ->i_rwsem exclusive on the parent's inode, rename_lock), but none of those are met at any of the sites. Take a stable snapshot of the name instead.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00306 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.4.291, 5.10.235, 5.15.174 +4Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Linux	Linux	3.7 and later	5.4.291, 5.10.235, 5.15.174, 6.1.97, 6.6.35, 6.9.6, 6.10	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 3.7 and later Fixed in 5.4.291, 5.10.235, 5.15.174, 6.1.97, 6.6.35, 6.9.6, 6.10 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*	11.0	Vulnerable	Debian
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.19 to before 5.4.291; 5.5 to before 5.10.235; 5.11 to before 5.15.174; 5.16 to before 6.1.97; 6.2 to before 6.6.35; 6.7 to before 6.9.6	Vulnerable	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19 to before 5.4.291; 5.5 to before 5.10.235; 5.11 to before 5.15.174; 5.16 to before 6.1.97; 6.2 to before 6.6.35; 6.7 to before 6.9.6 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.291, 5.10.235, 5.15.174, 6.1.97, 6.6.35, 6.9.6, 6.10

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-39494
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2938-5hf8-58m3

References

Patch 7

Advisory 2

TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3

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Sources

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