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CVE-2024-50264vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.35%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 71% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans During loopback communication, a dangling pointer can be created in vsk->trans, potentially leading to a Use-After-Free condition. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 29 days later
· 29 days later
Published
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – < 5f092a4271f6dccf88fe0d132475a17b69ef71df
- affected 06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – < fd8ae346692a56b4437d626c5460c7104980f389
- affected 06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – < eb1bdcb7dfc30b24495ee4c5533af0ed135cb5f1
- affected 06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – < 2a6a4e69f255b7aed17f93995691ab4f0d3c2203
- affected 06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – < 44d29897eafd0e1196453d3003a4d5e0b968eeab
- affected 06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – < b110196fec44fe966952004bd426967c2a8fd358
- affected 06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – < 5f970935d09934222fdef3d0e20c648ea7a963c1
- affected 06a8fc78367d070720af960dcecec917d3ae5f3b – < 6ca575374dd9a507cdd16dfa0e78c2e9e20bd05f
- affected 4.8
- unaffected < 4.8
- unaffected 4.19.324 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.286 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.230 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.172 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.117 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.61 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.11.8 – ≤ 6.11.*
- unaffected 6.12 – ≤ *
References
References11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f092a4271f6dccf88fe0d132475a17b69ef71df (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd8ae346692a56b4437d626c5460c7104980f389 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb1bdcb7dfc30b24495ee4c5533af0ed135cb5f1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a6a4e69f255b7aed17f93995691ab4f0d3c2203 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44d29897eafd0e1196453d3003a4d5e0b968eeab (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b110196fec44fe966952004bd426967c2a8fd358 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f970935d09934222fdef3d0e20c648ea7a963c1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ca575374dd9a507cdd16dfa0e78c2e9e20bd05f (opens in a new tab)
- https://a13xp0p0v.github.io/2025/09/02/kernel-hack-drill-and-CVE-2024-50264.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-45171 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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