Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Allowed

Use After Free

Abstraction: Variant · Status: Stable

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

9874 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-5JPX-997X-JHRP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-12 12:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:33
VLAI
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ibmvnic: Don't reference skb after sending to VIOS

Previously, after successfully flushing the xmit buffer to VIOS, the tx_bytes stat was incremented by the length of the skb.

It is invalid to access the skb memory after sending the buffer to the VIOS because, at any point after sending, the VIOS can trigger an interrupt to free this memory. A race between reading skb->len and freeing the skb is possible (especially during LPM) and will result in use-after-free: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ibmvnic_xmit+0x75c/0x1808 [ibmvnic] Read of size 4 at addr c00000024eb48a70 by task hxecom/14495 <...> Call Trace: [c000000118f66cf0] [c0000000018cba6c] dump_stack_lvl+0x84/0xe8 (unreliable) [c000000118f66d20] [c0000000006f0080] print_report+0x1a8/0x7f0 [c000000118f66df0] [c0000000006f08f0] kasan_report+0x128/0x1f8 [c000000118f66f00] [c0000000006f2868] __asan_load4+0xac/0xe0 [c000000118f66f20] [c0080000046eac84] ibmvnic_xmit+0x75c/0x1808 [ibmvnic] [c000000118f67340] [c0000000014be168] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x150/0x358 <...> Freed by task 0: kasan_save_stack+0x34/0x68 kasan_save_track+0x2c/0x50 kasan_save_free_info+0x64/0x108 __kasan_mempool_poison_object+0x148/0x2d4 napi_skb_cache_put+0x5c/0x194 net_tx_action+0x154/0x5b8 handle_softirqs+0x20c/0x60c do_softirq_own_stack+0x6c/0x88 <...> The buggy address belongs to the object at c00000024eb48a00 which belongs to the cache skbuff_head_cache of size 224 ==================================================================

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    "CVE-2025-21855"
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    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-03-12T10:15:18Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nibmvnic: Don\u0027t reference skb after sending to VIOS\n\nPreviously, after successfully flushing the xmit buffer to VIOS,\nthe tx_bytes stat was incremented by the length of the skb.\n\nIt is invalid to access the skb memory after sending the buffer to\nthe VIOS because, at any point after sending, the VIOS can trigger\nan interrupt to free this memory. A race between reading skb-\u003elen\nand freeing the skb is possible (especially during LPM) and will\nresult in use-after-free:\n ==================================================================\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ibmvnic_xmit+0x75c/0x1808 [ibmvnic]\n Read of size 4 at addr c00000024eb48a70 by task hxecom/14495\n \u003c...\u003e\n Call Trace:\n [c000000118f66cf0] [c0000000018cba6c] dump_stack_lvl+0x84/0xe8 (unreliable)\n [c000000118f66d20] [c0000000006f0080] print_report+0x1a8/0x7f0\n [c000000118f66df0] [c0000000006f08f0] kasan_report+0x128/0x1f8\n [c000000118f66f00] [c0000000006f2868] __asan_load4+0xac/0xe0\n [c000000118f66f20] [c0080000046eac84] ibmvnic_xmit+0x75c/0x1808 [ibmvnic]\n [c000000118f67340] [c0000000014be168] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x150/0x358\n \u003c...\u003e\n Freed by task 0:\n kasan_save_stack+0x34/0x68\n kasan_save_track+0x2c/0x50\n kasan_save_free_info+0x64/0x108\n __kasan_mempool_poison_object+0x148/0x2d4\n napi_skb_cache_put+0x5c/0x194\n net_tx_action+0x154/0x5b8\n handle_softirqs+0x20c/0x60c\n do_softirq_own_stack+0x6c/0x88\n \u003c...\u003e\n The buggy address belongs to the object at c00000024eb48a00 which\n  belongs to the cache skbuff_head_cache of size 224\n==================================================================",
  "id": "GHSA-5jpx-997x-jhrp",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:33:10Z",
  "published": "2025-03-12T12:30:59Z",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html"
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GHSA-5JQR-8VWQ-W36C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-05 18:31 – Updated: 2026-05-12 15:31
VLAI
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drbd: add missing kref_get in handle_write_conflicts

With two-primaries enabled, DRBD tries to detect "concurrent" writes and handle write conflicts, so that even if you write to the same sector simultaneously on both nodes, they end up with the identical data once the writes are completed.

In handling "superseeded" writes, we forgot a kref_get, resulting in a premature drbd_destroy_device and use after free, and further to kernel crashes with symptoms.

Relevance: No one should use DRBD as a random data generator, and apparently all users of "two-primaries" handle concurrent writes correctly on layer up. That is cluster file systems use some distributed lock manager, and live migration in virtualization environments stops writes on one node before starting writes on the other node.

Which means that other than for "test cases", this code path is never taken in real life.

FYI, in DRBD 9, things are handled differently nowadays. We still detect "write conflicts", but no longer try to be smart about them. We decided to disconnect hard instead: upper layers must not submit concurrent writes. If they do, that's their fault.

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  "id": "GHSA-5jqr-8vwq-w36c",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T15:31:01Z",
  "published": "2025-09-05T18:31:16Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html"
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      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html"
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GHSA-5JRP-52F4-5FH9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-08 18:31 – Updated: 2025-07-08 18:31
VLAI
Details

Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-49703"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-08T17:15:57Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.",
  "id": "GHSA-5jrp-52f4-5fh9",
  "modified": "2025-07-08T18:31:48Z",
  "published": "2025-07-08T18:31:48Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49703"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49703"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-5JXW-J59V-XHXG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-02 03:30 – Updated: 2024-02-02 03:30
VLAI
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Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-21399"
  ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-02-02T01:15:08Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
  "id": "GHSA-5jxw-j59v-xhxg",
  "modified": "2024-02-02T03:30:32Z",
  "published": "2024-02-02T03:30:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21399"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21399"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ]
}

GHSA-5M23-P78P-XGRG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-13 18:31 – Updated: 2026-01-13 18:31
VLAI
Details

Use after free in Windows Win32K - ICOMP allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-20870"
  ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-13T18:16:16Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Use after free in Windows Win32K - ICOMP allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.",
  "id": "GHSA-5m23-p78p-xgrg",
  "modified": "2026-01-13T18:31:09Z",
  "published": "2026-01-13T18:31:09Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20870"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20870"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-5M2X-9H8V-H39X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-20 18:30 – Updated: 2025-11-17 15:30
VLAI
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: Fix UAF in __close_file_table_ids

A use-after-free is possible if one thread destroys the file via __ksmbd_close_fd while another thread holds a reference to it. The existing checks on fp->refcount are not sufficient to prevent this.

The fix takes ft->lock around the section which removes the file from the file table. This prevents two threads acquiring the same file pointer via __close_file_table_ids, as well as the other functions which retrieve a file from the IDR and which already use this same lock.

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    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-20T16:15:33Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nksmbd: Fix UAF in __close_file_table_ids\n\nA use-after-free is possible if one thread destroys the file\nvia __ksmbd_close_fd while another thread holds a reference to\nit. The existing checks on fp-\u003erefcount are not sufficient to\nprevent this.\n\nThe fix takes ft-\u003elock around the section which removes the\nfile from the file table. This prevents two threads acquiring the\nsame file pointer via __close_file_table_ids, as well as the other\nfunctions which retrieve a file from the IDR and which already use\nthis same lock.",
  "id": "GHSA-5m2x-9h8v-h39x",
  "modified": "2025-11-17T15:30:32Z",
  "published": "2025-05-20T18:30:56Z",
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GHSA-5M4J-2J6W-HFF8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:55 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:55
VLAI
Details

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 18.0.0.375 and 19.x through 23.x before 23.0.0.162 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.635 on Linux allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4272, CVE-2016-4279, CVE-2016-6921, CVE-2016-6923, CVE-2016-6925, CVE-2016-6926, CVE-2016-6927, CVE-2016-6930, CVE-2016-6931, and CVE-2016-6932.

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  "id": "GHSA-5m4j-2j6w-hff8",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:55:56Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:55:56Z",
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      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.html"
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GHSA-5M5V-W78J-286F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-06 15:30 – Updated: 2025-02-13 18:31
VLAI
Details

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.

On an error when building a nftables rule, deactivating immediate expressions in nft_immediate_deactivate() can lead unbinding the chain and objects be deactivated but later used.

We recommend upgrading past commit 0a771f7b266b02d262900c75f1e175c7fe76fec2.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-4015"
  ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2023-09-06T14:15:11Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel\u0027s netfilter: nf_tables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation.\n\nOn an error when building a nftables rule, deactivating immediate expressions in nft_immediate_deactivate() can lead unbinding the chain and objects be deactivated but later used.\n\nWe recommend upgrading past commit 0a771f7b266b02d262900c75f1e175c7fe76fec2.",
  "id": "GHSA-5m5v-w78j-286f",
  "modified": "2025-02-13T18:31:51Z",
  "published": "2023-09-06T15:30:27Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4015"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0a771f7b266b02d262900c75f1e175c7fe76fec2"
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      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5492"
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}

GHSA-5M64-3X43-VXJX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-25 09:31 – Updated: 2026-07-08 15:31
VLAI
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfrm: iptfs: fix use-after-free on first_skb in __input_process_payload

__input_process_payload() stores first_skb into xtfs->ra_newskb under drop_lock when starting partial reassembly, then unlocks and breaks out of the processing loop. The post-loop check reads xtfs->ra_newskb without the lock to decide whether first_skb is still owned:

if (first_skb && first_iplen && !defer && first_skb != xtfs->ra_newskb)

Between spin_unlock and this read, a concurrent CPU running iptfs_reassem_cont() (or the drop_timer hrtimer) can complete reassembly, NULL xtfs->ra_newskb, and free the skb. The check then evaluates first_skb != NULL as true, and pskb_trim/ip_summed/consume_skb operate on the freed skb — a use-after-free in skbuff_head_cache.

Replace the unlocked read with a local bool that records whether first_skb was handed to the reassembly state in the current call. The flag is set after the existing spin_unlock, before the break, using the pointer equality that is stable at that point (first_skb == skb iff first_skb was stored in ra_newskb).

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  "aliases": [
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GHSA-5M66-Q83M-Q8C2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-01-15 00:00 – Updated: 2022-05-05 00:00
VLAI
Details

An Use-After-Free vulnerability in rec_mset_elem_destroy() at rec-mset.c of GNU Recutils v1.8.90 can lead to a segmentation fault or application crash.

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Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Strategy: Language Selection

Choose a language that provides automatic memory management.

Mitigation
Implementation

Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction

When freeing pointers, be sure to set them to NULL once they are freed. However, the utilization of multiple or complex data structures may lower the usefulness of this strategy.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.