{"cve":"CVE-2024-53155","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-24T12:15:23.700","modified":"2026-06-17T08:08:26.350","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2: fix uninitialized value in ocfs2_file_read_iter()\n\nSyzbot has reported the following KMSAN splat:\n\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ocfs2_file_read_iter+0x9a4/0xf80\n ocfs2_file_read_iter+0x9a4/0xf80\n __io_read+0x8d4/0x20f0\n io_read+0x3e/0xf0\n io_issue_sqe+0x42b/0x22c0\n io_wq_submit_work+0xaf9/0xdc0\n io_worker_handle_work+0xd13/0x2110\n io_wq_worker+0x447/0x1410\n ret_from_fork+0x6f/0x90\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\nUninit was created at:\n __alloc_pages_noprof+0x9a7/0xe00\n alloc_pages_mpol_noprof+0x299/0x990\n alloc_pages_noprof+0x1bf/0x1e0\n allocate_slab+0x33a/0x1250\n ___slab_alloc+0x12ef/0x35e0\n kmem_cache_alloc_bulk_noprof+0x486/0x1330\n __io_alloc_req_refill+0x84/0x560\n io_submit_sqes+0x172f/0x2f30\n __se_sys_io_uring_enter+0x406/0x41c0\n __x64_sys_io_uring_enter+0x11f/0x1a0\n x64_sys_call+0x2b54/0x3ba0\n do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nSince an instance of 'struct kiocb' may be passed from the block layer\nwith 'private' field uninitialized, introduce 'ocfs2_iocb_init_rw_locked()'\nand use it from where 'ocfs2_dio_end_io()' might take care, i.e. in\n'ocfs2_file_read_iter()' and 'ocfs2_file_write_iter()'.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-908"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/366c933c2ab34dd6551acc03b4872726b7605143","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66b7ddd1804e2c4216dd7ead8eeb746cdbb3b62f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c8f8d1e595dabd5389817f6d798cc8bd95c40ab","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83f8713a0ef1d55d6a287bcfadcaab8245ac5098","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c966150d5abff58c3c2bdb9a6e63fd773782905"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-53155","score":0.00237,"percentile":0.14764,"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."]}