CVE-2024-50264 — vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans During loopback communication,…
Published: 2024-11-19 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7