CVE-2024-50076

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Information Disclosure via Uninitialized Memory in con_font_get()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: prevent kernel-infoleak in con_font_get() font.data may not initialize all memory spaces depending on the implementation of vc->vc_sw->con_font_get. This may cause info-leak, so to prevent this, it is safest to modify it to initialize the allocated memory space to 0, and it generally does not affect the overall performance of the system.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0059
EPSS Percentile 43.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-909
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 2.6.12 - 4.19.323linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.285linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.171linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.116linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.229linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.58linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.11.5linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 1e5a17dc77d8a8bbe67040b32e2ef755901aba44
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 23c4cb8a56978e5b1baa171d42e616e316c2039d
... and 17 more
Published Oct 29, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026