ntfs3: Change to non-blocking allocation in ntfs_d_hash
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs3: Change to non-blocking allocation in ntfs_d_hash d_hash is done while under "rcu-walk" and should not sleep. __get_name() allocates using GFP_KERNEL, having the possibility to sleep when under memory pressure. Change the allocation to GFP_NOWAIT.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
842 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs3: Change to non-blocking allocation in ntfs_d_hash d_hash is done while under "rcu-walk" and should not sleep. __get_name() allocates using GFP_KERNEL, having the possibility to sleep when under memory pressure. Change the allocation to GFP_NOWAIT.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/589996bf8c459deb5bbc9747d8f1c51658608103
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c556e72cea2a1131ae418be017dd6fc76fffe2fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c710372e238510db08ea01e7b8bd81ed995dd6
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/50xxx/CVE-2024-50065.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50065