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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50264

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 0.0

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.08% (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/5f092a4271f6dccf88fe0d132475a17b69ef71df
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd8ae346692a56b4437d626c5460c7104980f389
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb1bdcb7dfc30b24495ee4c5533af0ed135cb5f1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a6a4e69f255b7aed17f93995691ab4f0d3c2203
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44d29897eafd0e1196453d3003a4d5e0b968eeab
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b110196fec44fe966952004bd426967c2a8fd358
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f970935d09934222fdef3d0e20c648ea7a963c1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ca575374dd9a507cdd16dfa0e78c2e9e20bd05f

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