Early Initialization of Struct nfsd4_copy to Prevent Refcount Underflow
CVE-2024-50241

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Linux

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 November 2024

What is CVE-2024-50241?

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

NFSD: Initialize struct nfsd4_copy earlier

Ensure the refcount and async_copies fields are initialized early. cleanup_async_copy() will reference these fields if an error occurs in nfsd4_copy(). If they are not correctly initialized, at the very least, a refcount underflow occurs.

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Affected Version(s)

Linux 9e52ff544e0bfa09ee339fd7b0937ee3c080c24e < 059434d23c4578d9d02efb92d848ea21bc640112

Linux 43e46ee5efc03990b223f7aa8b77aa9c3d3acfdf < 7267625baf365a969f1b25ded6f07b64bc90ec5b

Linux 7ea9260874b779637aff6d24c344b8ef4ac862a0

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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