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cifs: fix potential null pointer use in destroy_workqueue in init_cifs error path
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix potential null pointer use in destroy_workqueue in init_cifs error path Dan Carpenter reported a Smack static checker warning: fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c:1981 init_cifs() error: we previously assumed 'serverclose_wq' could be null (see line 1895) The patch which introduced the serverclose workqueue used the wrong oredering in error paths in init_cifs() for freeing it on errors.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.103, 6.10.3, 6.6.44
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-42307
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 10:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
cifs: fix potential null pointer use in destroy_workqueue in init_cifs error path
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 17 Aug 2024, 09:09 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix potential null pointer use in destroy_workqueue in init_cifs error path Dan Carpenter reported a Smack static checker warning: fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c:1981 init_cifs() error: we previously assumed 'serverclose_wq' could be null (see line 1895) The patch which introduced the serverclose workqueue used the wrong oredering in error paths in init_cifs() for freeing it on errors.
osv:CVE-2024-42307
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.1.103, 6.6.44, 6.10.3
Complete source record
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