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CVE-2024-57940
MEDIUM5.5
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix the infinite loop in exfat_readdir() If the file system is corrupted so that a cluster is linked to itself in the cluster chain, and there is an unused directory entry in the cluster, 'dentry' will not be incremented, causing condition 'dentry < max_dentries' unable to prevent an infinite loop. This infinite loop causes s_lock not to be released, and other tasks will hang, such as exfat_sync_fs(). This commit stops traversing the cluster chain when there is unused directory entry in the cluster to avoid this infinite loop.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score5.5
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack VectorLOCAL
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
Published1/21/2025
Last Modified11/3/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
linux:linux_kernel
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-835
References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28c21f0ac5293a4bf19b3e0e32005d6dd31a6c17(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31beabd0f47f8c3ed9965ba861c9e5b252d4920a(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8cfbb8723bd3d3222f360227a1cc15227189ca6(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9ea94f5cd117d56e573696d0045ab3044185a15(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc1d7afceb982e8f666e70a582e6b5aa806de063(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fee873761bd978d077d8c55334b4966ac4cb7b59(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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