Vulnerability · Published Nov 19, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-50264vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free 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 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9bpftool7.4.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-abi-stablelists4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-cross-headers4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-core4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-devel4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-devel4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-doc4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-headers4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.32.1.rt7.373.el8_10ALSA-2024:10944
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-core4.18.0-553.32.1.rt7.373.el8_10ALSA-2024:10944
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.32.1.rt7.373.el8_10ALSA-2024:10944
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.32.1.rt7.373.el8_10ALSA-2024:10944
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.32.1.rt7.373.el8_10ALSA-2024:10944
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-kvm5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.32.1.rt7.373.el8_10ALSA-2024:10944
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.32.1.rt7.373.el8_10ALSA-2024:10944
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.32.1.rt7.373.el8_10ALSA-2024:10944
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-kvm5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.32.1.rt7.373.el8_10ALSA-2024:10944
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.32.1.rt7.373.el8_10ALSA-2024:10944
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10ALSA-2024:10943
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5ALSA-2025:2627
Debian:12linux6.1.119-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50264
Debian:13linux6.11.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50264
Debian:14linux6.11.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50264
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.32.1.el8_10RLSA-2024:10943
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.32.1.rt7.373.el8_10RLSA-2024:10944
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-130.140UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-130.140USN-7179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-51.52USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-51.52UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1076.83UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1076.83USN-7179-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1021.23USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1021.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1021.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1021.23~22.04.1USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1078.87UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1020.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1078.87.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1074.83USN-7179-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1074.83UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1020.22USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1020.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1072.78UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1072.78USN-7179-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1016.20USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1016.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1057.64UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1057.64USN-7179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1003.5UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1003.5USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-51.52~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-51.52~22.04.1USN-7167-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1067.70USN-7179-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1067.70UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1018.18USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1018.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1018.18~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1071.77UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1071.76USN-7179-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1071.76UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-128.138UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-128.138USN-7179-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-51.52.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-51.52.1USN-7167-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-51.52.1~22.04.1USN-7167-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-51.52.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1070.71UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1070.71USN-7179-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1020.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1020.22USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1003.3UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1020.22.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1020.22.1USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1032.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1010.10USN-7170-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1019.19USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1019.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1073.79USN-7179-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1073.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1018.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1018.19USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1018.19~22.04.1USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1018.19~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1070.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1070.73USN-7179-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1017.19USN-7167-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1017.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50264

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – before 5f092a4271f6dccf88fe0d132475a17b69ef71df06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – before fd8ae346692a56b4437d626c5460c7104980f38906a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – before eb1bdcb7dfc30b24495ee4c5533af0ed135cb5f106a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – before 2a6a4e69f255b7aed17f93995691ab4f0d3c220306a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – before 44d29897eafd0e1196453d3003a4d5e0b968eeab06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – before b110196fec44fe966952004bd426967c2a8fd35806a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – before 5f970935d09934222fdef3d0e20c648ea7a963c106a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – before 6ca575374dd9a507cdd16dfa0e78c2e9e20bd05f
Linux Linux 4.8

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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