CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-53101

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.25%

15th percentile - higher than 15% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, ocfs2_setattr() uses uninitialized attr->ia_mode, attr->ia_uid, and attr->ia_gid in a trace point when the corresponding attributes are not set. This can lead to leaking uninitialized data or unpredictable behavior.

Risk Assessment

Uninitialized values may expose sensitive kernel memory data or cause system instability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that initializes all newattrs fields before use.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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