CVE-2024-42307

MEDIUM EPSS 11.2%
Published Aug 17, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Aug 17, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix potential null pointer use in destroy_workqueue in init_cifs error path Dan Carpenter reported a Smack static checker warning: fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c:1981 init_cifs() error: we previously assumed 'serverclose_wq' could be null (see line 1895) The patch which introduced the serverclose workqueue used the wrong oredering in error paths in init_cifs() for freeing it on errors.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
11.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.1.85  –  <6.1.103
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.6.26  –  <6.6.44
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.8.5  –  <6.10.3

References 5

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/160235efb4f9b55212dedff5de0094c606c4b303
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/193cc89ea0ca1da311877d2b4bb5e9f03bcc82a2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3739d711246d8fbc95ff73dbdace9741cdce4777
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6018971710fdc7739f8655c1540832b4bb903671
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/160235efb4f9b55212dedff5de0094c606c4b303
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/193cc89ea0ca1da311877d2b4bb5e9f03bcc82a2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3739d711246d8fbc95ff73dbdace9741cdce4777
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6018971710fdc7739f8655c1540832b4bb903671
    Patch