What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-50119?

CVE-2024-50119 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.2%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-50119?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2024-50119. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Linux CVE-2024-50119

MEDIUM

2024-11-05 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Information Disclosure Linux

5.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.5 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Nov 05, 2024 - 18:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionNVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cifs: fix warning when destroy 'cifs_io_request_pool'

There's a issue as follows: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 27826 at mm/slub.c:4698 free_large_kmalloc+0xac/0xe0 RIP: 0010:free_large_kmalloc+0xac/0xe0 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0xea/0x330 mempool_destroy+0x13f/0x1d0 init_cifs+0xa50/0xff0 [cifs] do_one_initcall+0xdc/0x550 do_init_module+0x22d/0x6b0 load_module+0x4e96/0x5ff0 init_module_from_file+0xcd/0x130 idempotent_init_module+0x330/0x620 __x64_sys_finit_module+0xb3/0x110 do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Obviously, 'cifs_io_request_pool' is not created by mempool_create(). So just use mempool_exit() to revert 'cifs_io_request_pool'.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix warning when destroy 'cifs_io_request_pool' There's a issue as follows: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 27826 at mm/slub.c:4698 free_large_kmalloc+0xac/0xe0 RIP: 0010:free_large_kmalloc+0xac/0xe0 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0xea/0x330 mempool_destroy+0x13f/0x1d0 init_cifs+0xa50/0xff0 [cifs] do_one_initcall+0xdc/0x550 do_init_module+0x22d/0x6b0 load_module+0x4e96/0x5ff0 init_module_from_file+0xcd/0x130 idempotent_init_module+0x330/0x620 __x64_sys_finit_module+0xb3/0x110 do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Obviously, 'cifs_io_request_pool' is not created by mempool_create(). So just use mempool_exit() to revert 'cifs_io_request_pool'. Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.