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CVE-2024-50264
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2024-11-19T02:16:28.210 · Last modified 2026-06-17T08:04:02.883

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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