CVE-2024-56749: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dlm: fix dlm_recover_members refcount on error If dlm_recover_members() fails we don't drop the references of the previous created root_list that holds and keep all rsbs alive during the recovery. It might be not an unlikely event because ping_members() could run into an -EINTR if another recovery progress was triggered again.
CVE-2024-56749CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2024-56749: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dlm: fix dlm_recover_members refcount on error If dlm_recover_members() fails we don't drop the references of the previous created root_list that holds and keep all rsbs alive during the recovery. It might be not an unlikely event because ping_members() could run into an -EINTR if another recovery progress was triggered again.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
9.44%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dlm: fix dlm_recover_members refcount on error If dlm_recover_members() fails we don't drop the references of the previous created root_list that holds and keep all rsbs alive during the recovery. It might be not an unlikely event because ping_members() could run into an -EINTR if another recovery progress was triggered again.

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