CVE-2024-44992

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44992
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-44992.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-44992
Downstream
Published
2024-09-04T19:54:38Z
Modified
2025-10-22T01:48:03.120644Z
Summary
smb/client: avoid possible NULL dereference in cifs_free_subrequest()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

smb/client: avoid possible NULL dereference in cifsfreesubrequest()

Clang static checker (scan-build) warning: cifsglob.h:line 890, column 3 Access to field 'ops' results in a dereference of a null pointer.

Commit 519be989717c ("cifs: Add a tracepoint to track credits involved in R/W requests") adds a check for 'rdata->server', and let clang throw this warning about NULL dereference.

When 'rdata->credits.value != 0 && rdata->server == NULL' happens, addcreditsandwakeif() will call rdata->server->ops->add_credits(). This will cause NULL dereference problem. Add a check for 'rdata->server' to avoid NULL dereference.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
69c3c023af25edb5433a2db824d3e7cc328f0183
Fixed
fead60a6d5f84b472b928502a42c419253afe6c1
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
69c3c023af25edb5433a2db824d3e7cc328f0183
Fixed
74c2ab6d653b4c2354df65a7f7f2df1925a40a51

Affected versions

v6.*

v6.10
v6.10-rc1
v6.10-rc2
v6.10-rc3
v6.10-rc4
v6.10-rc5
v6.10-rc6
v6.10-rc7
v6.10.1
v6.10.2
v6.10.3
v6.10.4
v6.10.5
v6.10.6
v6.11-rc1
v6.11-rc2
v6.11-rc3
v6.9
v6.9-rc7

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.10.0
Fixed
6.10.7