Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2024-57943
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix the new buffer was not zeroed before writing Before writing, if a buffer_head marked as new, its data must be zeroed, otherwise uninitialized data in the page cache will be written. So this commit uses folio_zero_new_buffers() to zero the new buffers before ->write_end().
EPSS: 0.002 (9.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 6630ea49103c3d45461e29b0f6eb0ce750aeb8f5, 6.12, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.13
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-57943?
- CVE-2024-57943 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-01-21.
- How severe is CVE-2024-57943?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.