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GHSA-8vxc-ww8x-mxp8

GitHub Security Advisory

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

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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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-8vxc-ww8x-mxp8
Published
November 19, 2024 3:31 AM
Last Modified
November 21, 2024 9:33 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Unknown
Primary Package
Unknown
GitHub Reviewed
✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: August 23, 2025 6:28 AM

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