selinux: avoid dereference of garbage after mount failure
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: avoid dereference of garbage after mount failure In case kern_mount() fails and returns an error pointer return in the error branch instead of continuing and dereferencing the error pointer. While on it drop the never read static variable selinuxfs_mount.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: avoid dereference of garbage after mount failure In case kern_mount() fails and returns an error pointer return in the error branch instead of continuing and dereferencing the error pointer. While on it drop the never read static variable selinuxfs_mount.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/2
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37801a36b4d68892ce807264f784d818f8d0d39b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477ed6789eb9f3f4d3568bb977f90c863c12724e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68784a5d01b8868ff85a7926676b6729715fff3c
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/35xxx/CVE-2024-35904.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35904