CVE-2024-50065

MEDIUM EPSS 12.0%
Published Oct 21, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 21, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

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.

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
12.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 4

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.6.44  –  <6.6.57
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.11  –  <6.11.4
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/589996bf8c459deb5bbc9747d8f1c51658608103
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c556e72cea2a1131ae418be017dd6fc76fffe2fb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c710372e238510db08ea01e7b8bd81ed995dd6
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/589996bf8c459deb5bbc9747d8f1c51658608103
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c556e72cea2a1131ae418be017dd6fc76fffe2fb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c710372e238510db08ea01e7b8bd81ed995dd6
    Patch