VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2024-42250
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-08-07
Last modified2026-08-04
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: add missing lock protection when polling Add missing lock protection in poll routine when iterating xarray, otherwise: Even with RCU read lock held, only the slot of the radix tree is ensured to be pinned there, while the data structure (e.g. struct cachefiles_req) stored in the slot has no such guarantee. The poll routine will iterate the radix tree and dereference cachefiles_req accordingly. Thus RCU read lock is not adequate in this case and spinlock is needed here.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-667