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

fat: fix uninitialized field in nostale filehandles

When fat_encode_fh_nostale() encodes file handle without a parent it
stores only first 10 bytes of the file handle. However the length of the
file handle must be a multiple of 4 so the file handle is actually 12
bytes long and the last two bytes remain uninitialized. This is not
great at we potentially leak uninitialized information with the handle
to userspace. Properly initialize the full handle length.
Published: 2024-05-01
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3840-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3842-1 linux-5.10 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5681-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6816-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6817-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6817-2 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6817-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6878-1 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-4 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-5 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6898-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6898-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6898-3 Linux kernel kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6898-4 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6917-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6919-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6927-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7019-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 11 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 8e-05}

epss

{'score': 7e-05}


Wed, 28 May 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:45:00 +0000


Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:07:57.129Z

Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.203Z

Link: CVE-2024-26973

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:21:05.673Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-01T06:15:13.920

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:03:31.523

Link: CVE-2024-26973

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-26973 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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