Use of uninitialized resource in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-50143
Published: November 7, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU100084
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50143
CWE-ID: CWE-908
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized resource within the udf_current_aext() function in fs/udf/inode.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-50143
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fc0d8660e391dcd8dde23c44d702be1f6846c61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72e445df65a0aa9066c6fe2b8736ba2fcca6dac7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ac49babc952f48d82676979b20885e480e69be8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e52e0b92ed31dc62afbda15c243dcee0bb5bb58d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/264db9d666ad9a35075cc9ed9ec09d021580fbb1
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.323
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.170
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.285
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.115
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.11.6
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.59