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CVE-2024-50264

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2024-11-19 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-416, CWE-416

References