CVE-2024-50272 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-50272

filemap: Fix bounds checking in filemap_read()

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: filemap: Fix bounds checking in filemap_read() If the caller supplies an iocb->ki_pos value that is close to the filesystem upper limit, and an iterator with a count that causes us to overflow that limit, then filemap_read() enters an infinite loop. This behaviour was discovered when testing xfstests generic/525 with the "localio" optimisation for loopback NFS mounts.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
c2a9737f45e27d8263ff9643f994bda9bac0b944, 272830350bb1bb5bb39395966ea63b9864b135d1, fbc7b803831e5c8a42c1f3427a17e55a814d6b3c, 3d549dcfbbb0ecdaa571431a27ee5da9f2466716, 3.16.40, 4.7.10, 4.8.4, 4.9, 0, 5.15.181, 6.1.117, 6.6.61, 6.11.8, 6.12

Timeline

Official Publish: November 19th, 2024
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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