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CVE-2024-57927

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.17%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2025-01-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2024-57927
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.17%
Linux

Original NVD Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfs: Fix oops in nfs_netfs_init_request() when copying to cache When netfslib wants to copy some data that has just been read on behalf of nfs, it creates a new write request and calls nfs_netfs_init_request() to initialise it, but with a NULL file pointer. This causes nfs_file_open_context() to oops - however, we don't actually need the nfs context as we're only going to write to the cache. Fix this by just returning if we aren't given a file pointer and emit a warning if the request was for something other than copy-to-cache. Further, fix nfs_netfs_free_request() so that it doesn't try to free the context if the pointer is NULL.

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