VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-50285

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-11-19
Last modified2026-10-30
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: check outstanding simultaneous SMB operations If Client send simultaneous SMB operations to ksmbd, It exhausts too much memory through the "ksmbd_work_cache”. It will cause OOM issue. ksmbd has a credit mechanism but it can't handle this problem. This patch add the check if it exceeds max credits to prevent this problem by assuming that one smb request consumes at least one credit.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-770
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-770

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