Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [6.10-rc1,6.11-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.73% (50th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-7675665
  • published11 Aug 2024
  • disclosed8 Aug 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-42256  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.11-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') due to the smb2_async_writev process. An attacker can cause misaccounting of server credits by triggering retries that lead to server re-selection, potentially leading to a denial of service.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1