CVE-2024-50210 — Improper Locking in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 8
Latest updateApr 24
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
posix-clock: posix-clock: Fix unbalanced locking in pc_clock_settime()
If get_clock_desc() succeeds, it calls fget() for the clockid's fd,
and get the clk->rwsem read lock, so the error path should release
the lock to make the lock balance and fput the clockid's fd to make
the refcount balance and release the fd related resource.
However the below commit left the error path locked behind resulting in
unbalanced locking. Check…
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 Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux29f085345cde24566efb751f39e5d367c381c584 — d005400262ddaf1ca1666bbcd1acf42fe81d57ce+12
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
8OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oem-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-oracl↗2025-04-23