Riskcovery

CVE-2024-36958

NFSD: Fix nfsd4_encode_fattr4() crasher

State
Published
Severity
9.8 Critical
Published
May 30, 2024
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
Reserved
May 30, 2024

Read the record on cve.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

NFSD: Fix nfsd4_encode_fattr4() crasher

Ensure that args.acl is initialized early. It is used in an unconditional call to kfree() on the way out of nfsd4_encode_fattr4().

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 83ab8678ad0c6f27594c716cafe59c8bbd5e49ef to before 6a7b07689af6e4e023404bf69b1230f43b2a15bcAffected
  • 83ab8678ad0c6f27594c716cafe59c8bbd5e49ef to before 18180a4550d08be4eb0387fe83f02f703f92d4e7Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.7Affected
  • before 6.7Not affected
  • 6.8.10 through 6.8.*Not affected
  • 6.9 and laterNot affected

References

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.