ghsa-8vxc-ww8x-mxp8
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-11-19 03:31
Modified
2024-11-21 21:33
Details

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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-50264"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-11-19T02:16:28Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk-\u003etrans\n\nDuring loopback communication, a dangling pointer can be created in\nvsk-\u003etrans, potentially leading to a Use-After-Free condition.  This\nissue is resolved by initializing vsk-\u003etrans to NULL.",
  "id": "GHSA-8vxc-ww8x-mxp8",
  "modified": "2024-11-21T21:33:31Z",
  "published": "2024-11-19T03:31:07Z",
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}


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