CVSS 3.1
5.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2024-35904
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
selinux: avoid dereference of garbage after mount failure
In case kern_mount() fails and returns an error pointer return in the
error branch instead of continuing and dereferencing the error pointer.
While on it drop the never read static variable selinuxfs_mount.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 13% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-30)
- CWE
- CWE-476
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37801a36b4d68892ce807264f784d818f8d0d39b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477ed6789eb9f3f4d3568bb977f90c863c12724e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/563e631a18c5b2bbab674a58154bcf41a6d90f13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68784a5d01b8868ff85a7926676b6729715fff3c
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/1