CVE-2024-49900 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource73 documents8 sources
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV6.7OSV6.3OSV5.5OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+9 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 21
Latest updateAug 14

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: Fix uninit-value access of new_ea in ea_buffer syzbot reports that lzo1x_1_do_compress is using uninit-value: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in lzo1x_1_do_compress+0x19f9/0x2510 lib/lzo/lzo1x_compress.c:178 ... Uninit was stored to memory at: ea_put fs/jfs/xattr.c:639 [inline] ... Local variable ea_buf created at: __jfs_setxattr+0x5d/0x1ae0 fs/jfs/xattr.c:662 __jfs_xattr_set+0xe6/0x1f0 fs/jfs/xattr.c:934 The reason is ea…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages14 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.11 — 5.15.168+5
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.234-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-208.228+3

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

35
OSV
linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities↗2025-05-28
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OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2025-05-28
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OSV
linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities↗2025-04-28
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OSV
linux-iot vulnerabilities↗2025-04-03
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OSV
linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-04-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

37
CISA ICS
Siemens Third-Party Components in SINEC OS↗2025-08-14
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities↗2025-05-28
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities↗2025-05-28
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities↗2025-04-28
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities↗2025-04-03
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