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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2024-50264 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a6a4e69f255b7aed17f93995691ab4f0d3c2203 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44d29897eafd0e1196453d3003a4d5e0b968eeab Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f092a4271f6dccf88fe0d132475a17b69ef71df Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f970935d09934222fdef3d0e20c648ea7a963c1 VDB Entry 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ca575374dd9a507cdd16dfa0e78c2e9e20bd05f Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b110196fec44fe966952004bd426967c2a8fd358 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb1bdcb7dfc30b24495ee4c5533af0ed135cb5f1 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd8ae346692a56b4437d626c5460c7104980f389 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-50264
NVD Published Date:
11/18/2024
NVD Last Modified:
12/11/2024
Source:
kernel.org