CVE-2024-50143 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV6.7OSV6.3OSV5.5OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 7
Latest updateMay 28
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
udf: fix uninit-value use in udf_get_fileshortad
Check for overflow when computing alen in udf_current_aext to mitigate
later uninit-value use in udf_get_fileshortad KMSAN bug[1].
After applying the patch reproducer did not trigger any issue[2].
[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8901c4560b7ab5c2f9df
[2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=10242227980000
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9