What is CVE-2024-42078?

CVE-2024-42078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-42078?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-42078 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-42078

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: initialise nfsd_info.mutex early. nfsd_info.mutex can be dereferenced by svc_pool_stats_start() immediately after the new netns is created. Currently this can trigger an oops. Move the initialisation earlier before it can possibly be dereferenced.

Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)

EPSS: 0.002 (11.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 7b207ccd983350a5dedd132b57c666186dd02a7c, 6.8, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-665 — Improper Initialization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42078?: CVE-2024-42078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-42078?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-42078 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.