CVE-2024-44947Improper Initialization in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1
EPSS
0.5%
top 34.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 2
Latest updateJan 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fuse: Initialize beyond-EOF page contents before setting uptodate fuse_notify_store(), unlike fuse_do_readpage(), does not enable page zeroing (because it can be used to change partial page contents). So fuse_notify_store() must be more careful to fully initialize page contents (including parts of the page that are beyond end-of-file) before marking the page uptodate. The current code can leave beyond-EOF page contents unini

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages14 packages

Patches

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