CVE-2024-50285

MEDIUM EPSS 17.3%
Published Nov 19, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Nov 19, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: check outstanding simultaneous SMB operations If Client send simultaneous SMB operations to ksmbd, It exhausts too much memory through the "ksmbd_work_cache”. It will cause OOM issue. ksmbd has a credit mechanism but it can't handle this problem. This patch add the check if it exceeds max credits to prevent this problem by assuming that one smb request consumes at least one credit.

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
17.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-770

Affected Products 8

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <6.6.61
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.11.8
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a77d947f599b1f39065015bec99390d0c0022ee
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f993777275cbd8f74765c4f9d9285cb907c9be5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e257ac6fe138623cf59fca8898abdf659dbc8356
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a77d947f599b1f39065015bec99390d0c0022ee
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f993777275cbd8f74765c4f9d9285cb907c9be5
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e257ac6fe138623cf59fca8898abdf659dbc8356
    Patch