CVE-2024-50277
dm: fix a crash if blk_alloc_disk fails
CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: fix a crash if blk_alloc_disk fails If blk_alloc_disk fails, the variable md->disk is set to an error value. cleanup_mapped_device will see that md->disk is non-NULL and it will attempt to access it, causing a crash on this statement "md->disk->private_data = NULL;".
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Nov 19, 2024 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
74fa8f9c553f7b5ccab7d103acae63cc2e080465 < d7aec2a06730b774a97caaf48cbbc58330a85829 74fa8f9c553f7b5ccab7d103acae63cc2e080465 < fed13a5478680614ba97fc87e71f16e2e197912e
Linux / Linux
6.9