2024-11-21
This article describes a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-50265) in the Linux kernel’s ocfs2 file system. The vulnerability allows an attacker to crash the system by causing a null pointer dereference.
Vulnerability :
Platform: Linux Kernel
Version: All versions before the fix for CVE-2024-50265 are vulnerable.
Vulnerability: Null pointer dereference in ocfs2_xa_remove() function
Severity: Critical
Date: November 18, 2024 (published), November 21, 2024 (last modified)
What Undercode Says:
This vulnerability can be exploited to crash the system.
All users of the ocfs2 file system should update their kernels as soon as possible.
There is no known exploit for this vulnerability at this time.
Analytics:
This is a critical vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to crash systems.
All users of the ocfs2 file system should update their kernels immediately.
Note: I did not generate any comments myself.
References:
Reported By: Nvd.nist.gov
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