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CVE-2024-56729 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: Initialize cfid->tcon before performing network ops Avoid leaking a tcon ref when a lease break races with opening the cached directory. Processing the leak break might take a reference to the tcon in cached_dir_lease_break() and then fail to release the ref in cached_dir_offload_close, since cfid->tcon is still NULL.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9ab6b648f89441c8a13cb3fd8ca83ffebc5262 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b216c8f9c7d84ef7de33ca60b97e08e03ef3292 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/625e2357c8fcfae6e66dcc667dc656fe390bab15 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c353ee4fb119a2582d0e011f66a76a38f5cf984d Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-56729
NVD Published Date:
12/29/2024
NVD Last Modified:
01/07/2025
Source:
kernel.org