CVE-2024-50264
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans During loopback communication, a dangling pointer can be created in vsk->trans, potentially leading to a Use-After-Free condition. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.119-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.234-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.11.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.11.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.11.9-1 |
| almalinux | 8 | fixed | kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.32.1.rt7.373.el8_10.x86_64.rpm |
| almalinux | 9 | fixed | rv-5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5.aarch64.rpm |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2627
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:10944
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:10943
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50264.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-50264
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2268295
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2327168
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2327169
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2329370
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2329924
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2334412
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-2627.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10943
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2312083
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2320505
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2322308
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2323904
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2323930
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2324315
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2324612
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2324889
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-10943.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10944
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-10944.html
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.