CVE-2024-35874

2024-05-1909:15:08

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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linux kernel

null pointer dereference

aio_complete

wakeup

vulnerability fix

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

aio: Fix null ptr deref in aio_complete() wakeup

list_del_init_careful() needs to be the last access to the wait queue
entry - it effectively unlocks access.

Previously, finish_wait() would see the empty list head and skip taking
the lock, and then we’d return - but the completion path would still
attempt to do the wakeup after the task_struct pointer had been
overwritten.

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.8–6.8.5

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.9.0≥

CNA Affected

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  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/aio.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "71eb6b6b0ba9",
        "lessThan": "9678bcc6234d",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "71eb6b6b0ba9",
        "lessThan": "caeb4b0a11b3",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/aio.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "6.8",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.8",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.8.5",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.8.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.9",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]