CVE-2024-50120

CVE Details

Release Date:	2024-11-05
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Handle kstrdup failures for passwords In smb3_reconfigure(), after duplicating ctx->password and ctx->password2 with kstrdup(), we need to check for allocation failures. If ses->password allocation fails, return -ENOMEM. If ses->password2 allocation fails, free ses->password, set it to NULL, and return -ENOMEM.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	4.7
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel)	ELSA-2025-6966	2025-05-16