CVE-2024-50296 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV6.7OSV6.3OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 19
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: hns3: fix kernel crash when uninstalling driver
When the driver is uninstalled and the VF is disabled concurrently, a
kernel crash occurs. The reason is that the two actions call function
pci_disable_sriov(). The num_VFs is checked to determine whether to
release the corresponding resources. During the second calling, num_VFs
is not 0 and the resource release function is called. However, the
corresponding resource has bee…
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