{"id":"CVE-2024-58078","title":"misc: misc_minor_alloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmisc: misc_minor_alloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors\n\nmisc_minor_alloc was allocating id using ida for minor only in case of\nMISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR but mis…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= ab760791c0cfbb1d7a668f46a135264f56c8f018 < 3df72111c39f7e4c5029c9ff720b56ec2e05b764","Linux >= ab760791c0cfbb1d7a668f46a135264f56c8f018 < 8b4120b3e060e137eaa8dc76a1c40401088336e5","Linux >= ab760791c0cfbb1d7a668f46a135264f56c8f018 < 6635332d246d7db89b90e145f2bf937406cecaf0","Linux >= ab760791c0cfbb1d7a668f46a135264f56c8f018 < 6d04d2b554b14ae6c428a9c60b6c85f1e5c89f68","Linux 6.2"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-11-05T20:33:33.682507Z"},"published":"2025-03-06","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T20:41:39.377Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-58078","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3df72111c39f7e4c5029c9ff720b56ec2e05b764"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b4120b3e060e137eaa8dc76a1c40401088336e5"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6635332d246d7db89b90e145f2bf937406cecaf0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d04d2b554b14ae6c428a9c60b6c85f1e5c89f68"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00182,"epssPercentile":0.07807,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T22:38:31.846Z","slug":"CVE-2024-58078","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmisc: misc_minor_alloc to use ida for all dynamic/misc dynamic minors\n\nmisc_minor_alloc was allocating id using ida for minor only in case of\nMISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR but misc_minor_free was always freeing ids\nusing ida_free causing a mismatch and following warn:\n> > WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 159 at lib/idr.c:525 ida_free+0x3e0/0x41f\n> > ida_free called for id=127 which is not allocated.\n> > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<\n...\n> > [<60941eb4>] ida_free+0x3e0/0x41f\n> > [<605ac993>] misc_minor_free+0x3e/0xbc\n> > [<605acb82>] misc_deregister+0x171/0x1b3\n\nmisc_minor_alloc is changed to allocate id from ida for all minors\nfalling in the range of dynamic/ misc dynamic minors\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= ab760791c0cfbb1d7a668f46a135264f56c8f018 < 3df72111c39f7e4c5029c9ff720b56ec2e05b764`\n- `Linux >= ab760791c0cfbb1d7a668f46a135264f56c8f018 < 8b4120b3e060e137eaa8dc76a1c40401088336e5`\n- `Linux >= ab760791c0cfbb1d7a668f46a135264f56c8f018 < 6635332d246d7db89b90e145f2bf937406cecaf0`\n- `Linux >= ab760791c0cfbb1d7a668f46a135264f56c8f018 < 6d04d2b554b14ae6c428a9c60b6c85f1e5c89f68`\n- `Linux 6.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}