kernel: ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super()

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem within the ext4fillsuper function, where uninitialized access to ratelimitstate-lock can occur, where the sysfs interface is registered before properly initializing rs-lock, potentially allowing other processes to modify rs-interval ...

kernel: ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super()

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem within the ext4fillsuper function, where uninitialized access to ratelimitstate-lock can occur, where the sysfs interface is registered before properly initializing rs-lock, potentially allowing other processes to modify rs-interval ...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40998

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimitstate-lock access in ext4fillsuper In the following concurrency we will access the uninitialized rs-lock: ext4fillsuper ext4registersysfs // sysfs registered msgratelimitintervalms // Other...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from a failure to properly initialize the lock on the ratelimitstate during initialization of the ext4 filesystem...