CVE-2024-50264 — Use After Free in Linux

CWE-416 — Use After Free60 documents10 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV5.5OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+9 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 19
Latest updateAug 14

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans During loopback communication, a dangling pointer can be created in vsk->trans, potentially leading to a Use-After-Free condition. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL.

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

Affected Packages14 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.8 — 4.19.324+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.234-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-204.224+12

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
linux-iot vulnerabilities↗2025-04-03
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OSV
CVE-2024-50264: In virtio_transport_destruct of virtio_transport_common↗2025-04-01
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OSV
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice↗2025-02-20
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OSV
linux-xilinx-zynqmp vulnerabilities↗2025-01-27
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OSV
linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities↗2025-01-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

30
CISA ICS
Siemens Third-Party Components in SINEC OS↗2025-08-14
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Chrome
Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS: CVE-2024-50264↗2025-04-29
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities↗2025-04-03
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Android
CVE-2024-50264: Net↗2025-04-01
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Ubuntu
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice↗2025-02-20
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