CVE-2024-50202

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-11-08

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nnilfs2: propagate directory read errors from nilfs_find_entry()\nSyzbot reported that a task hang occurs in vcs_open() during a fuzzing\ntest for nilfs2.\nThe root cause of this problem is that in nilfs_find_entry(), which\nsearches for directory entries, ignores errors when loading a directory\npage/folio via nilfs_get_folio() fails.\nIf the filesystem images is corrupted, and the i_size of the directory\ninode is large, and the directory page/folio is successfully read but\nfails the sanity check, for example when it is zero-filled,\nnilfs_check_folio() may continue to spit out error messages in bursts.\nFix this issue by propagating the error to the callers when loading a\npage/folio fails in nilfs_find_entry().\nThe current interface of nilfs_find_entry() and its callers is outdated\nand cannot propagate error codes such as -EIO and -ENOMEM returned via\nnilfs_find_entry(), so fix it together.

See more information about CVE-2024-50202 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

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

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	5.5
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality:	None
Integrity:	None
Availability:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12884	2024-12-16
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12884	2024-12-16