CVE-2024-42307

low-risk
Published 2024-08-17

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix potential null pointer use in destroy_workqueue in init_cifs error path Dan Carpenter reported a Smack static checker warning: fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c:1981 init_cifs() error: we previously assumed 'serverclose_wq' could be null (see line 1895) The patch which introduced the serverclose workqueue used the wrong oredering in error paths in init_cifs() for freeing it on errors.

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0.02% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (5)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/160235efb4f9b55212dedff5de0094c606c4b303
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/193cc89ea0ca1da311877d2b4bb5e9f03bcc82a2
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3739d711246d8fbc95ff73dbdace9741cdce4777
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6018971710fdc7739f8655c1540832b4bb903671
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal