CVE-2024-53103 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV6.7OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 2
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hv_sock: Initializing vsk->trans to NULL to prevent a dangling pointer
When hvs is released, there is a possibility that vsk->trans may not
be initialized to NULL, which could lead to a dangling pointer.
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