CVE-2024-56595

kernel: jfs: add a check to prevent array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 27, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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

jfs: add a check to prevent array-index-out-of-bounds in dbAdjTree

When the value of lp is 0 at the beginning of the for loop, it will become negative in the next assignment and we should bail out.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CWE-129 · Improper Validation of Array Index