CVE-2024-50264

Name	CVE-2024-50264
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans During loopback communication, a dangling pointer can be created in vsk->trans, potentially leading to a Use-After-Free condition. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-5818-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.226-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.115-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.119-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	6.11.10-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.119-1		DSA-5818-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.11.9-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/6ca575374dd9a507cdd16dfa0e78c2e9e20bd05f (6.12)