Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans During loopback communication, a dangling pointer can be created in vsk->trans, potentially leading to a Use-After-Free condition. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0035
EPSS Percentile
27.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel
4.20.0 - 5.4.286linux
linux/Kernel
4.8.0 - 4.19.324linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.172linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.117linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.230linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.61linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.11.8linux
Linux/Linux
< 4.8
Linux/Linux
06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b - 2a6a4e69f255b7aed17f93995691ab4f0d3c2203
Linux/Linux
06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b - 44d29897eafd0e1196453d3003a4d5e0b968eeab
... and 17 more
Published
Nov 19, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026