CVE-2024-50087Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 29
Latest updateMay 26

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix uninitialized pointer free on read_alloc_one_name() error The function read_alloc_one_name() does not initialize the name field of the passed fscrypt_str struct if kmalloc fails to allocate the corresponding buffer. Thus, it is not guaranteed that fscrypt_str.name is initialized when freeing it. This is a follow-up to the linked patch that fixes the remaining instances of the bug introduced by commit e43eec81c516 (

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 Packages8 packages

Patches

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