CVE-2024-42254
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 11 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix error pbuf checking Syz reports a problem, which boils down to NULL vs IS_ERR inconsistent error handling in io_alloc_pbuf_ring(). KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] RIP: 0010:__io_remove_buffers+0xac/0x700 io_uring/kbuf.c:341 Call Trace: <TASK> io_put_bl io_uring/kbuf.c:378 [inline] io_destroy_buffers+0x14e/0x490 io_uring/kbuf.c:392 io_ring_ctx_free+0xa00/0x1070 io_uring/io_uring.c:2613 io_ring_exit_work+0x80f/0x8a0 io_uring/io_uring.c:2844 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3231 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa2c/0x1830 kernel/workqueue.c:3312 worker_thread+0x86d/0xd40 kernel/workqueue.c:3390 kthread+0x2f0/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
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affected products (31)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-1788Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten AngriffDeutsch2024-08-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-0612IBM Security Guardium: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-03-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM Security Guardium ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsbeschränkungen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, beliebigen Code auszuführen und vertrauliche Informationen preiszugeben.
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references (10)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-42254cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-42254/cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68d19af95a353f5e2b021602180b65b303eba99dcnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcc87d978b834c298bbdd9c52454c5d0a946e97ecnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68d19af95a353f5e2b021602180b65b303eba99denisa_euvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78aefac7efdffddf7889405b7c08e6e0f030fa35enisa_euvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcc87d978b834c298bbdd9c52454c5d0a946e97eenisa_euvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68d19af95a353f5e2b021602180b65b303eba99dPatchnvd
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