CVE-2024-50264

Summary

CVE-2024-50264 is a newly identified vulnerability in the Linux kernel. This issue concerns the vsock/virtio subsystem, where a dangling pointer can be created during loopback communication in the vsk->trans variable. This condition may result in a Use-After-Free vulnerability. The vulnerability is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL to prevent the dangling pointer from being utilized after being freed. This patch mitigates the risk of memory corruption and potential exploitation.

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