CVE-2024-50246 (GCVE-0-2024-50246)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-11-09 10:14
Modified
2026-08-05 11:42
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Add rough attr alloc_size check
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Linux Linux Version: 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e
Version: 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e
Version: 4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e
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