CVE-2024-46785

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventfs: Use listdelrcu for SRCU protected list variable Chi Zhiling reported: We found a null pointer accessing in tracefs1, the reason is that the variable 'eichild' is set to LISTPOISON1, that means the list was removed in...

CVE-2024-46785

CVE-2024-46785 affects the Linux kernel, specifically an issue in eventfs relating to SRCU-protected lists. The root cause is a NULL pointer access in tracefs when ei_child can be set to LIST_POISON1 after removal in eventfs_remove_rec, leading to a crash/panic. The vulnerability materializes whe...