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Vulnerability · Published Dec 2, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-53103hv_sock: Initializing vsk->trans to NULL to prevent a dangling pointer

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 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.1% 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: hv_sock: Initializing vsk->trans to NULL to prevent a dangling pointer When hvs is released, there is a possibility that vsk->trans may not be initialized to NULL, which could lead to a dangling pointer. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.119-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53103
Debian:13linux6.11.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53103
Debian:14linux6.11.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-131.141UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-131.141USN-7235-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-52.53USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-52.53UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1078.85UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1023.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1079.88USN-7235-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1079.88UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1021.25USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1021.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1021.25~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1021.25~22.04.1USN-7236-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1081.90.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1075.84USN-7235-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1075.84UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1021.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1021.23USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1021.23~22.04.1USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1021.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1073.79USN-7235-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1073.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1017.21USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1017.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1059.67UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1059.67USN-7235-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1004.6USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1004.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-52.53~22.04.1USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-52.53~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1069.72UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1069.72USN-7235-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1019.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1019.19USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1019.19~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1072.78USN-7235-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1072.78UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1073.78USN-7235-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1073.78UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-131.141UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-131.141USN-7235-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-52.53.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-52.53.1USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-52.53.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-52.53.1~22.04.1USN-7236-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1071.72UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1071.72USN-7235-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1021.23USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1021.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1003.3UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1021.23~22.04.1USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1021.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1021.23.1USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1021.23.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1033.33UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1021.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1013.13USN-7238-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1013.13UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1020.20USN-7237-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1074.80USN-7235-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1074.80UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1019.20USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1019.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1019.20~22.04.1USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1019.20~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1071.74UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1071.74USN-7235-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1018.20USN-7236-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1018.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-52.53.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-52.53.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1044.48UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 – before 285266ef92f7b4bf7d26e1e95e215ce6a6badb4aae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 – before 4fe1d42f2acc463b733bb42e3f8e67dbc2a0eb2dae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 – before 414476c4fb11be070c09ab8f3e75c9ee324a108aae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 – before 7cf25987820350cb950856c71b409e5b6eed52bdae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 – before 98d8dde9232250a57ad5ef16479bf6a349e09b80ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 – before 4bdc5a62c6e50600d8a1c3e18fd6dce0c27c9497ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 – before e0fe3392371293175f25028020ded5267f4cd8e3ae0078fcf0a5eb3a8623bfb5f988262e0911fdb9 – before 8621725afb38e111969c64280b71480afde2aace
Linux Linux 4.14

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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