CVE-2024-53101

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.19.324, 4.20.0-6.11.9 - Uninitialized Resource Use in ocfs2_setattr

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: Fix uninitialized value issue in from_kuid and from_kgid ocfs2_setattr() uses attr->ia_mode, attr->ia_uid and attr->ia_gid in a trace point even though ATTR_MODE, ATTR_UID and ATTR_GID aren't set. Initialize all fields of newattrs to avoid uninitialized variables, by checking if ATTR_MODE, ATTR_UID, ATTR_GID are initialized, otherwise 0.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.2%
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-908
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 2.6.39 - 4.19.324linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.286linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.173linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.118linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.230linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.62linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.11.9linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.39
Linux/Linux 2.6.39
Linux/Linux 4.19.324 - 4.19.*
... and 17 more
Published Nov 25, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026