{"id":"AZL-52038","summary":"CVE-2024-50088 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.64.2-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: fix uninitialized pointer free in add_inode_ref()\n\nThe add_inode_ref() function does not initialize the \"name\" struct when\nit is declared.  If any of the following calls to \"read_one_inode()\nreturns NULL,\n\n\tdir = read_one_inode(root, parent_objectid);\n\tif (!dir) {\n\t\tret = -ENOENT;\n\t\tgoto out;\n\t}\n\n\tinode = read_one_inode(root, inode_objectid);\n\tif (!inode) {\n\t\tret = -EIO;\n\t\tgoto out;\n\t}\n\nthen \"name.name\" would be freed on \"out\" before being initialized.\n\nout:\n\t...\n\tkfree(name.name);\n\nThis issue was reported by Coverity with CID 1526744.","modified":"2026-04-01T05:16:28.274592Z","published":"2024-10-29T01:15:05Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-50088"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50088"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.6.64.2-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-52038.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}