Use After Free Affecting kernel-rt-debug-core package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-KERNELRTDEBUGCORE-9407770
  • published15 Mar 2025
  • disclosed11 Dec 2024

Introduced: 11 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-50264  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-rt-debug-core to version 0:5.14.0-503.31.1.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:2627.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-core package and not the kernel-rt-debug-core package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans

During loopback communication, a dangling pointer can be created in vsk->trans, potentially leading to a Use-After-Free condition. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1