CVE-2024-26612: netfs, fscache: Prevent Oops in fscache_put_cache()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfs, fscache: Prevent Oops in fscache_put_cache()

This function dereferences "cache" and then checks if it's
IS_ERR_OR_NULL(). Check first, then dereference.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-26612

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.83% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82a9bc343ba019665d3ddc1d9a180bf0e0390cf3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c45256e599061021e2c848952e50f406457e448
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4200ad3e46ce50f410fdda302745489441bc70f0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3be0b3ed1d76c6703b9ee482b55f7e01c369cc68

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