Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-53103 - Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/285266ef92f7b4bf7d26e1e95e215ce6a6badb4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/414476c4fb11be070c09ab8f3e75c9ee324a108a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bdc5a62c6e50600d8a1c3e18fd6dce0c27c9497
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fe1d42f2acc463b733bb42e3f8e67dbc2a0eb2d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cf25987820350cb950856c71b409e5b6eed52bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8621725afb38e111969c64280b71480afde2aace
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98d8dde9232250a57ad5ef16479bf6a349e09b80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0fe3392371293175f25028020ded5267f4cd8e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e629295bd60abf4da1db85b82819ca6a4f6c1e79