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Vulnerability · Published Nov 5, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-50120smb: client: Handle kstrdup failures for passwords

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.11.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50120
Debian:14linux6.11.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-58.60UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-58.60USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1027.29USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1027.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1027.32USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1027.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1028.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1028.30USN-7450-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1USN-7452-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1023.27USN-7450-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1023.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1010.12USN-7450-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1010.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60~22.04.1USN-7449-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1024.24USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1024.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-58.60.1USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-58.60.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1026.29USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1026.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1026.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1026.29~22.04.1USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1026.29.1USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1026.29.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1026.26USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1024.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1024.25USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1024.25~22.04.1USN-7449-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1024.25~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-58.60.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50120

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 7e8cffa4f85e6839335d75e6b47f918d90c1d194 – before 35dbac8c328d6afe937cd45ecd41d209d0b9f8b8c1eb537bf4560b3ad4df606c266c665624f3b502 – before 35488799b0ab6e4327f82e1d9209a60805665b37c1eb537bf4560b3ad4df606c266c665624f3b502 – before 9a5dd61151399ad5a5d69aad28ab164734c1e3bce78308a6dcab1e53b38b8dd952e69c515cd324d72a0fc63f1f4fccfeb367d0c57b8a243cec60c26c6.6.24 – before 6.6.596.7.12 – before 6.86.8.3 – before 6.9
Linux Linux 6.9

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