CVE-2024-50143

medium
Published 2025-05-13 · Modified 2025-05-13
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: fix uninit-value use in udf_get_fileshortad Check for overflow when computing alen in udf_current_aext to mitigate later uninit-value use in udf_get_fileshortad KMSAN bug[1]. After applying the patch reproducer did not trigger any issue[2]. [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8901c4560b7ab5c2f9df [2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=10242227980000

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-50143

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50143.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed6.1.115-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.247-1
debian debianforkyfixed6.11.6-1
debian debiansidfixed6.11.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed6.11.6-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.