CVE-2024-52560 (GCVE-0-2024-52560)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-27 02:18 – Updated: 2026-09-14 11:57
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
fs/ntfs3: Mark inode as bad as soon as error detected in mi_enum_attr()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/ntfs3: Mark inode as bad as soon as error detected in mi_enum_attr()
Extended the `mi_enum_attr()` function interface with an additional
parameter, `struct ntfs_inode *ni`, to allow marking the inode
as bad as soon as an error is detected.
Severity
7.8 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e , < 4ff4b6b9e85cfe879773ca78d91b1090a3ce19ac
(git)
Affected: 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e , < acfb75eeb3304d08cbd5b5a8c77379459ec6a04e (git) Affected: 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e , < d9c699f2c4dc174940ffe8600b20c267897da155 (git) Affected: 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e , < 2afd4d267e6dbaec8d3ccd4f5396cb84bc67aa2e (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.15 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.157 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.110 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.13.4 , ≤ 6.13.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.14 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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