{"id":"AZL-53672","summary":"CVE-2024-50264 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.173.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvsock/virtio: Initialization of the dangling pointer occurring in vsk-\u003etrans\n\nDuring loopback communication, a dangling pointer can be created in\nvsk-\u003etrans, potentially leading to a Use-After-Free condition.  This\nissue is resolved by initializing vsk-\u003etrans to NULL.","modified":"2026-04-01T05:18:06.061748Z","published":"2024-11-19T02:16:28Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-50264"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50264"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:2","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.15.173.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-53672.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"}]}