CVE-2024-46780

kernel: nilfs2: protect references to superblock parameters exposed in sysfs

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 18, 2024

Updated · September 13, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's nilfs2 filesystem. A local attacker with low privileges could exploit this vulnerability by reading the superblock buffer without proper mutual exclusion. This can lead to issues with pointer dereferencing and memory access, ultimately resulting in a system crash and Denial of Service (DoS).

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-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')