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CVE-2024-42078 (GCVE-0-2024-42078)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-29 15:52 – Updated: 2026-05-11 20:26

Title

nfsd: initialise nfsd_info.mutex early.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: initialise nfsd_info.mutex early. nfsd_info.mutex can be dereferenced by svc_pool_stats_start() immediately after the new netns is created. Currently this can trigger an oops. Move the initialisation earlier before it can possibly be dereferenced.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-09-10 16:19 UTC

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e8b94045bc77ce4f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0011bca603c101f2…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Linux	Linux	Affected: 7b207ccd983350a5dedd132b57c666186dd02a7c , < 7e8b94045bc77ce4f085ddfb9eb04e5760e66169 (git) Affected: 7b207ccd983350a5dedd132b57c666186dd02a7c , < e0011bca603c101f2a3c007bdb77f7006fa78fb1 (git)	guessed
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.8 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.8 (semver) Unaffected: 6.9.8 , ≤ 6.9.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.10 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)	guessed

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WID-SEC-W-2024-1722

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2024-07-29 22:00 - Updated: 2026-08-02 22:00

Summary

Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff

Severity

Mittel

Scope

187 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2024-42078.

CVE-2024-42078

Known affected: 33 products

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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