CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-26973

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.26%

16th percentile - higher than 16% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the fat_encode_fh_nostale() function in the FAT filesystem encodes a file handle without a parent using only the first 10 bytes, while the handle length must be a multiple of 4 (actually 12 bytes). The last two bytes remain uninitialized, potentially leaking uninitialized information to userspace.

Risk Assessment

May result in leaking uninitialized kernel memory to userspace, constituting a confidentiality breach.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that properly initializes the full file handle length.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fat: fix uninitialized field in nostale filehandles When fat_encode_fh_nostale() encodes file handle without a parent it stores only first 10 bytes of the file handle. However the length of the file handle must be a multiple of 4 so the file handle is actually 12 bytes long and the last two bytes remain uninitialized. This is not great at we potentially leak uninitialized information with the handle to userspace. Properly initialize the full handle length.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS