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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 19, 2024· Updated Nov 3, 2025

vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans

CVE-2024-50264

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk->trans

During loopback communication, a dangling pointer can be created in vsk->trans, potentially leading to a Use-After-Free condition. This issue is resolved by initializing vsk->trans to NULL.

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