Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-40899

"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in cachefilesondemandgetfd We got the following issue i...

The vulnerability of the `cachefiles_ondemand_send_req()` function (fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c) in the Linux kernel allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the cachefilesondemandsendreq function fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c in the Linux kernel is related to incorrect resource locking. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...