CVE-2024-50263 addresses a vulnerability in the Linux kernel related to the fork system call, specifically concerning the invocation of khugepaged and KSM hooks. The issue arises when these memory optimization hooks are called on an incompletely initialized memory management structure during a fork operation, potentially leading to inconsistencies. This vulnerability is rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges could potentially cause a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.8, < 6.11.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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