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CVE-2024-56563 (GCVE-0-2024-56563)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-27 14:23 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:45
VLAI
Title
ceph: fix cred leak in ceph_mds_check_access()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix cred leak in ceph_mds_check_access() get_current_cred() increments the reference counter, but the put_cred() call was missing.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 596afb0b8933ba6ed7227adcc538db26feb25c74 , < e3d1c9e2b811f13bdbbb962c2b17a6091c28522c (git)
Affected: 596afb0b8933ba6ed7227adcc538db26feb25c74 , < c5cf420303256dcd6ff175643e9e9558543c2047 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.4 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.13 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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