{"cve":"CVE-2024-53167","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-27T14:15:23.820","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:01.110","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfs/blocklayout: Don't attempt unregister for invalid block device\n\nSince commit d869da91cccb (\"nfs/blocklayout: Fix premature PR key\nunregistration\") an unmount of a pNFS SCSI layout-enabled NFS may\ndereference a NULL block_device in:\n\n  bl_unregister_scsi+0x16/0xe0 [blocklayoutdriver]\n  bl_free_device+0x70/0x80 [blocklayoutdriver]\n  bl_free_deviceid_node+0x12/0x30 [blocklayoutdriver]\n  nfs4_put_deviceid_node+0x60/0xc0 [nfsv4]\n  nfs4_deviceid_purge_client+0x132/0x190 [nfsv4]\n  unset_pnfs_layoutdriver+0x59/0x60 [nfsv4]\n  nfs4_destroy_server+0x36/0x70 [nfsv4]\n  nfs_free_server+0x23/0xe0 [nfs]\n  deactivate_locked_super+0x30/0xb0\n  cleanup_mnt+0xba/0x150\n  task_work_run+0x59/0x90\n  syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x217/0x220\n  do_syscall_64+0x8e/0x160\n\nThis happens because even though we were able to create the\nnfs4_deviceid_node, the lookup for the device was unable to attach the\nblock device to the pnfs_block_dev.\n\nIf we never found a block device to register, we can avoid this case with\nthe PNFS_BDEV_REGISTERED flag.  Move the deref behind the test for the\nflag.","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/3402704a424f34bbcca7f4a4503859357f422217","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a4ce14d9a6b868e0787e4582420b721c04ee41e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faa4bacfaeed827a4ca8cb8529a3ce65a9e8ef46"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-53167","score":0.00644,"percentile":0.50589,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}