Vulnerability · Published Dec 24, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-53147exfat: fix out-of-bounds access of directory entries

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read 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 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.2% 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: exfat: fix out-of-bounds access of directory entries In the case of the directory size is greater than or equal to the cluster size, if start_clu becomes an EOF cluster(an invalid cluster) due to file system corruption, then the directory entry where ei->hint_femp.eidx hint is outside the directory, resulting in an out-of-bounds access, which may cause further file system corruption. This commit adds a check for start_clu, if it is an invalid cluster, the file or directory will be treated as empty.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:10kernel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-devel-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-cross-headers6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-devel-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-uki-virt6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-devel-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-doc6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-headers6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-extra-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt-addons6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10libperf6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10perf6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10python3-perf6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10rtla6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10rv6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-53147
Debian:13linux6.12.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53147
Debian:14linux6.12.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53147
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1RLSA-2025:20095
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-58.60UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1027.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1027.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1028.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1023.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1010.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1024.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-58.60.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1026.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1026.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1026.29.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1024.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1024.25~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-58.60.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53147

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 1acf1a564b6034b5af1e7fb23cb98cb3bb4f6003 – before 98e3572505a9ec550b5296c67c4517120356c8d61acf1a564b6034b5af1e7fb23cb98cb3bb4f6003 – before 82dc96f0f4eec8afdde8467d21d1b6b989dbb20a1acf1a564b6034b5af1e7fb23cb98cb3bb4f6003 – before a0120d6463368378539ef928cf067d02372efb8c1acf1a564b6034b5af1e7fb23cb98cb3bb4f6003 – before 3ddd1cb2b458ff6a193bc845f408dfff217db29e1acf1a564b6034b5af1e7fb23cb98cb3bb4f6003 – before 184fa506e392eb78364d9283c961217ff2c0617b
Linux Linux 5.7

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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