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CVE-2024-57943
Apache Exfat uninitialized page cache write vulnerability
Description

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().

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 21, 2025, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 21, 2025, 1:15 p.m.

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

Exploitability Score :

Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/942c6f91ab8d82a41650e717940b4e577173762f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e2fb26d1a9eafe79f46d15d54e68e014d81d8c

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  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Jan. 21, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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().
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/942c6f91ab8d82a41650e717940b4e577173762f
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e2fb26d1a9eafe79f46d15d54e68e014d81d8c
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