CVE-2024-50120
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CVE-2024-50120 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Handle kstrdup failures for passwords In smb3_reconfigure(), after duplicating ctx->password and ctx->password2 with kstrdup(), we need to check for allocation failures. If ses->password allocation fails, return -ENOMEM. If ses->password2 allocation fails, free ses->password, set it to NULL, and return -ENOMEM.. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Handle kstrdup failures for passwords In smb3_reconfigure(), after duplicating ctx->password and ctx->password2 with kstrdup(), we need to check for allocation failures. If ses->password allocation fails, return -ENOMEM. If ses->password2 allocation fails, free ses->password, set it to NULL, and return -ENOMEM.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.6.24, < 6.6.59 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.7.12, < 6.8 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.8.3, < 6.11.6 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 6.12 | Rc1 |
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