CVE-2024-53103

hv_sock: Initializing vsk->trans to NULL to prevent a dangling pointer

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Dec 2, 2024
Updated: Aug 5, 2026
Reserved: Nov 19, 2024

Description

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

hv_sock: Initializing vsk->trans to NULL to prevent a dangling pointer

When hvs is released, there is a possibility that vsk->trans may not be initialized to NULL, which could lead to a dangling pointer. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	Linux
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-416 Use After Free

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 285266ef92f7b4bf7d26e1e95e215ce6a6badb4aAffected ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 4fe1d42f2acc463b733bb42e3f8e67dbc2a0eb2dAffected ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 414476c4fb11be070c09ab8f3e75c9ee324a108aAffected ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 7cf25987820350cb950856c71b409e5b6eed52bdAffected ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 98d8dde9232250a57ad5ef16479bf6a349e09b80Affected ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 4bdc5a62c6e50600d8a1c3e18fd6dce0c27c9497Affected ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before e0fe3392371293175f25028020ded5267f4cd8e3Affected ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 8621725afb38e111969c64280b71480afde2aaceAffected ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before e629295bd60abf4da1db85b82819ca6a4f6c1e79Affected
LinuxLinux	4.14Affected before 4.14Not affected 4.19.324 through 4.19.Not affected 5.4.286 through 5.4.Not affected 5.10.230 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.172 through 5.15.Not affected 6.1.117 through 6.1.Not affected 6.6.61 through 6.6.Not affected 6.11.8 through 6.11.Not affected 6.12.1 through 6.12.Not affected 6.13 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 285266ef92f7b4bf7d26e1e95e215ce6a6badb4aAffected
ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 4fe1d42f2acc463b733bb42e3f8e67dbc2a0eb2dAffected
ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 414476c4fb11be070c09ab8f3e75c9ee324a108aAffected
ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 7cf25987820350cb950856c71b409e5b6eed52bdAffected
ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 98d8dde9232250a57ad5ef16479bf6a349e09b80Affected
ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 4bdc5a62c6e50600d8a1c3e18fd6dce0c27c9497Affected
ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before e0fe3392371293175f25028020ded5267f4cd8e3Affected
ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before 8621725afb38e111969c64280b71480afde2aaceAffected
ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 to before e629295bd60abf4da1db85b82819ca6a4f6c1e79Affected

LinuxLinux

4.14Affected
before 4.14Not affected
4.19.324 through 4.19.*Not affected
5.4.286 through 5.4.*Not affected
5.10.230 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.172 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.1.117 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.6.61 through 6.6.*Not affected
6.11.8 through 6.11.*Not affected
6.12.1 through 6.12.*Not affected
6.13 and laterNot affected

References

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