CVE-2024-44992

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/client: avoid possible NULL dereference in cifsfreesubrequest Clang static checker scan-build warning: cifsglob.h:line 890, column 3 Access to field 'ops' results in a dereference of a null pointer. Commit 519be989717c "cifs:...

CVE-2024-44992

The CVE-2024-44992 issue affects the Linux kernel SMB/CIFS client code, specifically a possible NULL dereference in cifs_free_subrequest() when handling rdata->server. The root cause is code that could dereference rdata->server->ops->add_credits() if rdata->credits.value != 0 and r...