CVE-2024-35904
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-476
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: avoid dereference of garbage after mount failure In case kern_mount() fails and returns an error pointer return in the error branch instead of continuing and dereferencing the error pointer. While on it drop the never read static variable selinuxfs_mount.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37801a36b4d68892ce807264f784d818f8d0d39b ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37801a36b4d68892ce807264f784d818f8d0d39bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477ed6789eb9f3f4d3568bb977f90c863c12724ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68784a5d01b8868ff85a7926676b6729715fff3cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/563e631a18c5b2bbab674a58154bcf41a6d90f13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/2