CVE-2024-49965 — Improper Locking in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV6.7OSV6.3OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 21
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: remove unreasonable unlock in ocfs2_read_blocks
Patch series "Misc fixes for ocfs2_read_blocks", v5.
This series contains 2 fixes for ocfs2_read_blocks(). The first patch fix
the issue reported by syzbot, which detects bad unlock balance in
ocfs2_read_blocks(). The second patch fixes an issue reported by Heming
Zhao when reviewing above fix.
This patch (of 2):
There was a lock release before exiting, so remove the u…
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