CVE-2024-50065

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs3: Change to non-blocking allocation in ntfs_d_hash d_hash is done while under "rcu-walk" and should not sleep. __get_name() allocates using GFP_KERNEL, having the possibility to sleep when under memory pressure. Change the allocation to GFP_NOWAIT.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedOct 21, 2024
First seenOct 21, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.6.57, 6.11.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.6.44 ≤ v < 6.6.57, 6.11 ≤ v < 6.11.4, 6.126.6.57, 6.11.4

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