Resource exhaustion in Linux
CVE-2024-50285
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: check outstanding simultaneous SMB operations If Client send simultaneous SMB operations to ksmbd, It exhausts too much memory through the "ksmbd_work_cache”. It will cause OOM issue. ksmbd has a credit mechanism but it can't handle this problem. This patch add the check if it exceeds max credits to prevent this problem by assuming that one smb request consumes at least one credit.
EPSS: 0.003 (17.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 0626e6641f6b467447c81dd7678a69c66f7746cf, 5.15, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.12
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-50285?
- CVE-2024-50285 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-11-19.
- How severe is CVE-2024-50285?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.