CVE-2024-36958

kernel: NFSD: Fix nfsd4_encode_fattr4() crasher

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 30, 2024

Updated · August 5, 2026

Description

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

NFSD: Fix nfsd4_encode_fattr4() crasher

Ensure that args.acl is initialized early. It is used in an unconditional call to kfree() on the way out of nfsd4_encode_fattr4().

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation