CVE-2024-44992

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.10-6.10.6 - NULL Pointer Dereference in SMB Client Subrequest Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/client: avoid possible NULL dereference in cifs_free_subrequest() Clang static checker (scan-build) warning: cifsglob.h:line 890, column 3 Access to field 'ops' results in a dereference of a null pointer. Commit 519be989717c ("cifs: Add a tracepoint to track credits involved in R/W requests") adds a check for 'rdata->server', and let clang throw this warning about NULL dereference. When 'rdata->credits.value != 0 && rdata->server == NULL' happens, add_credits_and_wake_if() will call rdata->server->ops->add_credits(). This will cause NULL dereference problem. Add a check for 'rdata->server' to avoid NULL dereference.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.10.0 - 6.10.7linux
Linux/Linux < 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.10.7 - 6.10.*
Linux/Linux 6.11
Linux/Linux 69c3c023af25edb5433a2db824d3e7cc328f0183 - 74c2ab6d653b4c2354df65a7f7f2df1925a40a51
Linux/Linux 69c3c023af25edb5433a2db824d3e7cc328f0183 - fead60a6d5f84b472b928502a42c419253afe6c1
linux/linux_kernel 6.11 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.10 - 6.10.7
Published Sep 04, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026