PT-2024-7901 · Linux+9 · Linux Kernel+9
Published
2024-02-22
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Updated
2026-02-21
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CVE-2024-26973
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 fat component of the Linux kernel and is caused by the function
fat encode fh nostale() not properly initializing the full handle length, potentially leading to the leak of uninitialized information to userspace. This could allow an attacker to access confidential information.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Use of Uninitialized Resource
Information Disclosure
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Red Os
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu