{"cve":"CVE-2024-39301","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-25T15:15:14.240","modified":"2026-06-17T07:41:40.387","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/9p: fix uninit-value in p9_client_rpc()\n\nSyzbot with the help of KMSAN reported the following error:\n\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in trace_9p_client_res include/trace/events/9p.h:146 [inline]\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in p9_client_rpc+0x1314/0x1340 net/9p/client.c:754\n trace_9p_client_res include/trace/events/9p.h:146 [inline]\n p9_client_rpc+0x1314/0x1340 net/9p/client.c:754\n p9_client_create+0x1551/0x1ff0 net/9p/client.c:1031\n v9fs_session_init+0x1b9/0x28e0 fs/9p/v9fs.c:410\n v9fs_mount+0xe2/0x12b0 fs/9p/vfs_super.c:122\n legacy_get_tree+0x114/0x290 fs/fs_context.c:662\n vfs_get_tree+0xa7/0x570 fs/super.c:1797\n do_new_mount+0x71f/0x15e0 fs/namespace.c:3352\n path_mount+0x742/0x1f20 fs/namespace.c:3679\n do_mount fs/namespace.c:3692 [inline]\n __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3898 [inline]\n __se_sys_mount+0x725/0x810 fs/namespace.c:3875\n __x64_sys_mount+0xe4/0x150 fs/namespace.c:3875\n do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x1f0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75\n\nUninit was created at:\n __alloc_pages+0x9d6/0xe70 mm/page_alloc.c:4598\n __alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:238 [inline]\n alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:261 [inline]\n alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:2175 [inline]\n allocate_slab mm/slub.c:2338 [inline]\n new_slab+0x2de/0x1400 mm/slub.c:2391\n ___slab_alloc+0x1184/0x33d0 mm/slub.c:3525\n __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3610 [inline]\n __slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3663 [inline]\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3835 [inline]\n kmem_cache_alloc+0x6d3/0xbe0 mm/slub.c:3852\n p9_tag_alloc net/9p/client.c:278 [inline]\n p9_client_prepare_req+0x20a/0x1770 net/9p/client.c:641\n p9_client_rpc+0x27e/0x1340 net/9p/client.c:688\n p9_client_create+0x1551/0x1ff0 net/9p/client.c:1031\n v9fs_session_init+0x1b9/0x28e0 fs/9p/v9fs.c:410\n v9fs_mount+0xe2/0x12b0 fs/9p/vfs_super.c:122\n legacy_get_tree+0x114/0x290 fs/fs_context.c:662\n vfs_get_tree+0xa7/0x570 fs/super.c:1797\n do_new_mount+0x71f/0x15e0 fs/namespace.c:3352\n path_mount+0x742/0x1f20 fs/namespace.c:3679\n do_mount fs/namespace.c:3692 [inline]\n __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3898 [inline]\n __se_sys_mount+0x725/0x810 fs/namespace.c:3875\n __x64_sys_mount+0xe4/0x150 fs/namespace.c:3875\n do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x1f0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75\n\nIf p9_check_errors() fails early in p9_client_rpc(), req->rc.tag\nwill not be properly initialized. However, trace_9p_client_res()\nends up trying to print it out anyway before p9_client_rpc()\nfinishes.\n\nFix this issue by assigning default values to p9_fcall fields\nsuch as 'tag' and (just in case KMSAN unearths something new) 'id'\nduring the tag allocation stage.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-665"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124947855564572713d705a13be7d0c9dae16a17","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2101901dd58c6da4924bc5efb217a1d83436290b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25460d6f39024cc3b8241b14c7ccf0d6f11a736a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c1791130b781c843572fb6391c4a4c5d857ab17","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72c5d8e416ecc46af370a1340b3db5ff0b0cc867"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-39301","score":0.00228,"percentile":0.13669,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}