CVE-2024-50272

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) due to improper bounds checking in the file mapping subsystem. When a read operation is initiated with a file position near the upper limit of the file system and a read length that overflows that boundary, the filemap_read() function enters an infinite loop, resulting in a system hang.

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.