Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-36963

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: tracefs: Reset permissions on remount if permissions are options There's an inconsistency wi...

CVE-2024-36963

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracefs: Reset permissions on remount if permissions are options There's an inconsistency with the way permissions are handled in tracefs. Because the permissions are generated when accessed, they default to the root inode's...

CVE-2024-36963

CVE-2024-36963 affects the Linux kernel tracefs feature. The issue arises from how permissions are generated for tracefs files: they default to the root inode’s permissions unless the user changes them, and a remount with permissions should update all files, but currently leaves unchanged files t...