PT-2024-29861 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6
Syzbot
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Published
2024-06-25
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Updated
2025-09-29
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CVE-2024-42311
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The vulnerability is related to the Linux kernel's hfs file system. It is caused by the failure to initialize certain fields in the
hfs inode info struct after calling hfs alloc inode(). This can lead to an uninitialized value access issue, as reported by Syzbot. The issue is related to the hfs revalidate dentry() and hfs get block() functions. The vulnerability can be exploited to cause a denial of service.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Use of Uninitialized Resource
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Astra Linux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu