CVE-2024-50076

MEDIUM EPSS 43.9%
Published Oct 29, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 29, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: prevent kernel-infoleak in con_font_get() font.data may not initialize all memory spaces depending on the implementation of vc->vc_sw->con_font_get. This may cause info-leak, so to prevent this, it is safest to modify it to initialize the allocated memory space to 0, and it generally does not affect the overall performance of the system.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.5
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
43.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-909

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.3  –  <6.6.58
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.11.5
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any

References 8

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e5a17dc77d8a8bbe67040b32e2ef755901aba44
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23c4cb8a56978e5b1baa171d42e616e316c2039d
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adb1f312f38f0d2c928ceaff089262798cc260b4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3959d5eca136e0588f9af3867b34032160cb826
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc2d5f02636c7587bdd6d1f60fc59c55860b00a4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc794e878e6d79f75205be456b1042a289c5759d
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efc67cee700b89ffbdb74a0603a083ec1290ae31
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f956052e00de211b5c9ebaa1958366c23f82ee9e
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adb1f312f38f0d2c928ceaff089262798cc260b4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc2d5f02636c7587bdd6d1f60fc59c55860b00a4
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f956052e00de211b5c9ebaa1958366c23f82ee9e
    Patch