CVE-2024-41050 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 29
Latest updateDec 12
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cachefiles: cyclic allocation of msg_id to avoid reuse
Reusing the msg_id after a maliciously completed reopen request may cause
a read request to remain unprocessed and result in a hung, as shown below:
t1 | t2 | t3
cachefiles_ondemand_select_req
cachefiles_ondemand_object_is_close(A)
cachefiles_ondemand_set_object_reopening(A)
queue_work(fscache_object_wq, &info->work)
ondemand_object_worker
cachefiles_ondemand_init_object(…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxc8383054506c77b814489c09877b5db83fd4abf2 — 35710c6c4a1c64478ec1b5e0e81d386c0844dec6+4