CVE-2024-50264

vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans

High · published November 19, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00353 · 27.8th percentile
Published
2024-11-19T01:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 NOV 01:29Z
    vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans
    cvelistv5