CVE-2024-43857 (GCVE-0-2024-43857)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-17 09:24 – Updated: 2026-05-11 20:31
VLAI
Title
f2fs: fix null reference error when checking end of zone
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix null reference error when checking end of zone This patch fixes a potentially null pointer being accessed by is_end_zone_blkaddr() that checks the last block of a zone when f2fs is mounted as a single device.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: e067dc3c6b9c419bac43c6a0be2d85f44681f863 , < b98777309756ebe15cc9ad4e8ab64bbfaf878a3f (git)
Affected: e067dc3c6b9c419bac43c6a0be2d85f44681f863 , < 381cbe85592c78fbaeb3e770e3e9f3bfa3e67efb (git)
Affected: e067dc3c6b9c419bac43c6a0be2d85f44681f863 , < c82bc1ab2a8a5e73d9728e80c4c2ed87e8921a38 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.64 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.10.3 , ≤ 6.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.11 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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