CVE-2024-50264: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans
First published: Tue Nov 19 2024(Updated: )
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans During loopback communication, a dangling pointer can be created in vsk->trans, potentially leading to a Use-After-Free condition. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL.
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| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.8<4.19.324 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.20<5.4.286 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.5<5.10.230 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.11<5.15.172 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.16<6.1.117 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.2<6.6.61 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.7<6.11.8 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.12-rc1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.12-rc2 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.12-rc3 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.12-rc4 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.12-rc5 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.12-rc6 | |
| debian/linux | <=5.10.223-1<=5.10.226-1<=6.1.115-1 | 6.1.119-1 6.12.6-1 6.12.9-1 |
| debian/linux-6.1 | 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 |
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Reference Links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a6a4e69f255b7aed17f93995691ab4f0d3c2203
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44d29897eafd0e1196453d3003a4d5e0b968eeab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f092a4271f6dccf88fe0d132475a17b69ef71df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f970935d09934222fdef3d0e20c648ea7a963c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ca575374dd9a507cdd16dfa0e78c2e9e20bd05f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b110196fec44fe966952004bd426967c2a8fd358
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb1bdcb7dfc30b24495ee4c5533af0ed135cb5f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd8ae346692a56b4437d626c5460c7104980f389
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-50264
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024111920-CVE-2024-50264-0889@gregkh/T
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10944
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10943
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2327168
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-50264
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50264
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-50264
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50264
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/6ca575374dd9a507cdd16dfa0e78c2e9e20bd05f
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