CVE-2024-57943
exfat: fix the new buffer was not zeroed before writing
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix the new buffer was not zeroed before writing Before writing, if a buffer_head marked as new, its data must be zeroed, otherwise uninitialized data in the page cache will be written. So this commit uses folio_zero_new_buffers() to zero the new buffers before ->write_end().
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Jan 21, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
6630ea49103c3d45461e29b0f6eb0ce750aeb8f5 < 942c6f91ab8d82a41650e717940b4e577173762f 6630ea49103c3d45461e29b0f6eb0ce750aeb8f5 < 98e2fb26d1a9eafe79f46d15d54e68e014d81d8c
Linux / Linux
6.12