CVE-2024-49958 — Improper Input Validation in Linux

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation83 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV6.7OSV6.3OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.37%
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: ocfs2: reserve space for inline xattr before attaching reflink tree One of our customers reported a crash and a corrupted ocfs2 filesystem. The crash was due to the detection of corruption. Upon troubleshooting, the fsck -fn output showed the below corruption [EXTENT_LIST_FREE] Extent list in owner 33080590 claims 230 as the next free chain record, but fsck believes the largest valid value is 227. Clamp the next record value?…

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages14 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.0.87 — 3.2+10
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.234-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-208.228+5

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

40
OSV
linux-kvm vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08
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OSV
linux-fips, linux-aws-fips, linux-azure-fips, linux-gcp-fips vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities↗2025-07-01
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OSV
linux-fips vulnerabilities↗2025-07-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

42
CISA ICS
Siemens Third-Party Components in SINEC OS↗2025-08-14
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities↗2025-07-01
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