high7.8
CVE-2024-50264
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans During loopbac…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 4.8 before 4.19.324 from 4.20 before 5.4.286 from 5.5 before 5.10.230 from 5.11 before 5.15.172 from 5.16 before 6.1.117 from 6.2 before 6.6.61 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://a13xp0p0v.github.io/2025/09/02/kernel-hack-drill-and-CVE-2024-50264.html
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a6a4e69f255b7aed17f93995691ab4f0d3c2203
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44d29897eafd0e1196453d3003a4d5e0b968eeab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f092a4271f6dccf88fe0d132475a17b69ef71df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f970935d09934222fdef3d0e20c648ea7a963c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ca575374dd9a507cdd16dfa0e78c2e9e20bd05f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b110196fec44fe966952004bd426967c2a8fd358
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb1bdcb7dfc30b24495ee4c5533af0ed135cb5f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd8ae346692a56b4437d626c5460c7104980f389
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html