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DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57940
DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57940
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix the infinite loop in exfat_readdir() If the file system is corrupted so that a cluster is linked to itself in the cluster chain, and there is an unused directory entry in the cluster, 'dentry' will not be incremented, causing condition 'dentry < max_dentries' unable to prevent an infinite loop. This infinite loop causes s_lock not to be released, and other tasks will hang, such as exfat_sync_fs(). This commit stops traversing the cluster chain when there is unused directory entry in the cluster to avoid this infinite loop.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | linux | 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | linux-6.1 | 0, 6.1.119-1, 6.1.112-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | linux | 5.10.70-1, 5.10.179-3, 5.10.191-1 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.64-1, 6.1.66-1, 6.1.67-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- USN-7389-1.json (github-poc)
Timeline
- Jan 21, 2025 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated