CVE-2024-50014

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Oct 21, 2024 linux CWE-908 EPSS 0.22% (13th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-50014 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on October 21, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: fix access to uninitialised lock in fc replay path

The following kernel trace can be triggered with fstest generic/629 when

executed against a filesystem with fast-commit feature enabled:

INFO: trying to register non-static key.

The code is fine but needs lockdep annotation, or maybe

you didn't initialize this object before use?

turning off the locking correctness validator.

CPU: 0 PID: 866 Comm: mount Not tainted 6.10.0+ #11

Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.2-3-gd478f380-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014

Call Trace:

<TASK>

dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0x90

register_lock_class+0x759/0x7d0

__lock_acquire+0x85/0x2630

? __find_get_block+0xb4/0x380

lock_acquire+0xd1/0x2d0

? __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0xd5/0x160

_raw_spin_lock+0x33/0x40

? __ext4_journal_get_write_access+0xd5/0x160

__ext4_journal_get_write_access+0xd5/0x160

ext4_reserve_inode_write+0x61/0xb0

__ext4_mark_inode_d

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0, < 6.10.14	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/23dfdb56581ad92a9967bcd720c8c23356af74c1 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e35f560daebe40264c95e9a1ab03110d4997df6 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/b002031d585a14eed511117dda8c6452a804d508 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/d157fc20ca5239fd56965a5a8aa1a0e25919891a Ref lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html Ref cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-50014?

CVE-2024-50014 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on October 21, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-50014?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-50014?

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