{"cve":"CVE-2024-50272","nvd":{"published":"2024-11-19T02:16:29.357","modified":"2026-06-17T08:04:04.270","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfilemap: Fix bounds checking in filemap_read()\n\nIf the caller supplies an iocb->ki_pos value that is close to the\nfilesystem upper limit, and an iterator with a count that causes us to\noverflow that limit, then filemap_read() enters an infinite loop.\n\nThis behaviour was discovered when testing xfstests generic/525 with the\n\"localio\" optimisation for loopback NFS mounts.","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-835"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26530b757c81f1389fb33ae0357500150933161b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6450e73f4c86d481ac2e22e1bc848d346e140826","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc52df69e8464811f9f6fc12f7aaa78451eb0b8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2746ab3bbc9c6408da5cd072653ec8c24749235","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ace149e0830c380ddfce7e466fe860ca502fe4ee"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:34.731061660+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-50272","score":0.00272,"percentile":0.19651,"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."]}