CVE-2024-41096 is a use-after-free read in the Linux kernel PCI Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) subsystem. During MSI IRQ setup, an MSI descriptor may be freed when MSI IRQ allocation fails. The failure then returns to the error path in msi_capability_init, which performs an unmask operation using the freed descriptor through __pci_enable_msi_range. The upstream correction copies the descriptor and uses that copy for the error-path unmask operation.
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A Linux kernel PCI/MSI vulnerability involving a use-after-free in msi_capability_init.
A Linux kernel PCI/MSI use-after-free vulnerability in the MSI capability initialization error path. If MSI IRQ allocation fails, an MSI descriptor can be freed and subsequently accessed while unmasking interrupts. The fix copies the descriptor for use during error handling.
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