CVE-2024-36958 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

NFSD: Fix nfsd4_encode_fattr4() crasher

Ensure that args.acl is initialized early. It is used in an
unconditional call to kfree() on the way out of
nfsd4_encode_fattr4().

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00075.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

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Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18180a4550d08be4eb0387fe83f02f703f92d4e7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a7b07689af6e4e023404bf69b1230f43b2a15bc
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024053041-CVE-2024-36958-541a@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36958
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0007/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36958

History

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0007/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-05-30T15:35:51.033Z

Updated: 2025-05-04T09:12:49.774Z

Reserved: 2024-05-30T15:25:07.080Z

Link: CVE-2024-36958

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-04-04T23:03:04.876Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-30T16:15:18.673

Modified: 2025-04-04T23:15:41.430

Link: CVE-2024-36958

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-36958 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:45:11Z

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