CVE-2024-36958
Critical
NFSD: Fix nfsd4_encode_fattr4() crasher
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Fix nfsd4_encode_fattr4() crasher Ensure that args.acl is initialized early. It is used in an unconditional call to kfree() on the way out of nfsd4_encode_fattr4().
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
May 30, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-36958
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Fix nfsd4_encode_fattr4() crasher Ensure that args.acl is initialized early. It is used in an unconditional call to kfree() on the way out of nfsd4_encode_fattr4().
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18180a4550d08be4eb0387fe83f02f703f92d4e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a7b07689af6e4e023404bf69b1230f43b2a15bc
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/36xxx/CVE-2024-36958.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36958
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0007/