CVE-2024-57940
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57940
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-57940.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-57940
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2025-01-21T12:18:09.150Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-28T02:35:35.154854Z
- Summary
- exfat: fix the infinite loop in exfat_readdir()
- Details
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
exfat: fix the infinite loop in exfat_readdir()
If the file system is corrupted so that a cluster is linked to itself in the cluster chain, and there is an unused directory entry in the cluster, 'dentry' will not be incremented, causing condition 'dentry < max_dentries' unable to prevent an infinite loop.
This infinite loop causes slock not to be released, and other tasks will hang, such as exfatsync_fs().
This commit stops traversing the cluster chain when there is unused directory entry in the cluster to avoid this infinite loop.
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "Linux", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/57xxx/CVE-2024-57940.json" }- References
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- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28c21f0ac5293a4bf19b3e0e32005d6dd31a6c17
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31beabd0f47f8c3ed9965ba861c9e5b252d4920a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8cfbb8723bd3d3222f360227a1cc15227189ca6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9ea94f5cd117d56e573696d0045ab3044185a15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc1d7afceb982e8f666e70a582e6b5aa806de063
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fee873761bd978d077d8c55334b4966ac4cb7b59
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/57xxx/CVE-2024-57940.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57940
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- Events
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Introducedca06197382bde0a3bc20215595d1c9ce20c6e341Fixedd8cfbb8723bd3d3222f360227a1cc15227189ca6Fixed28c21f0ac5293a4bf19b3e0e32005d6dd31a6c17Fixed31beabd0f47f8c3ed9965ba861c9e5b252d4920aFixeddc1d7afceb982e8f666e70a582e6b5aa806de063Fixedd9ea94f5cd117d56e573696d0045ab3044185a15Fixedfee873761bd978d077d8c55334b4966ac4cb7b59