CVE-2024-50260

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sock_map: fix a NULL pointer dereference in sock_map_link_update_prog() The following race condition could trigger a NULL pointer dereference: sock_map_link_detach(): sock_map_link_update_prog(): mutex_lock(&sockmap_mutex); ... sockmap_link->map = NULL; mutex_unlock(&sockmap_mutex); mutex_lock(&sockmap_mutex); ... sock_map_prog_link_lookup(sockmap_link->map); mutex_unlock(&sockmap_mutex); <continue> Fix it by adding a NULL pointer check. In this specific case, it makes no sense to update a link which is being released.

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-50260 vulnerability.

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2024-50260.

URL	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/740be3b9a6d73336f8c7d540842d0831dc7a808b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9afe35fdda16e09d5bd3c49a68ba8c680dd678bd
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024110940-CVE-2024-50260-db68@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50260
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50260