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CVE-2024-50065

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs3: Change to non-blocking allocation in ntfs_d_hash d_hash is done while under "rcu-wal…

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs3: Change to non-blocking allocation in ntfs_d_hash d_hash is done while under "rcu-walk" and should not sleep. __get_name() allocates using GFP_KERNEL, having the possibility to sleep when under memory pressure. Change the allocation to GFP_NOWAIT.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 6.6.44 before 6.6.57
from 6.11 before 6.11.4
Version 6.12

References