{"cve":"CVE-2024-42307","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-17T09:15:10.843","modified":"2026-06-17T07:49:13.690","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncifs: fix potential null pointer use in destroy_workqueue in init_cifs error path\n\nDan Carpenter reported a Smack static checker warning:\n   fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c:1981 init_cifs()\n   error: we previously assumed 'serverclose_wq' could be null (see line 1895)\n\nThe patch which introduced the serverclose workqueue used the wrong\noredering in error paths in init_cifs() for freeing it on errors.","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-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/160235efb4f9b55212dedff5de0094c606c4b303","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/193cc89ea0ca1da311877d2b4bb5e9f03bcc82a2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3739d711246d8fbc95ff73dbdace9741cdce4777","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6018971710fdc7739f8655c1540832b4bb903671","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-42307","score":0.0021,"percentile":0.11173,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}