Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfsd: return -EINVAL when namelen is 0

When we have a corrupted main.sqlite in /var/lib/nfs/nfsdcld/, it may
result in namelen being 0, which will cause memdup_user() to return
ZERO_SIZE_PTR.
When we access the name.data that has been assigned the value of
ZERO_SIZE_PTR in nfs4_client_to_reclaim(), null pointer dereference is
triggered.

[ T1205] ==================================================================
[ T1205] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260
[ T1205] Read of size 1 at addr 0000000000000010 by task nfsdcld/1205
[ T1205]
[ T1205] CPU: 11 PID: 1205 Comm: nfsdcld Not tainted 5.10.0-00003-g2c1423731b8d #406
[ T1205] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ?-20190727_073836-buildvm-ppc64le-16.ppc.fedoraproject.org-3.fc31 04/01/2014
[ T1205] Call Trace:
[ T1205] dump_stack+0x9a/0xd0
[ T1205] ? nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260
[ T1205] __kasan_report.cold+0x34/0x84
[ T1205] ? nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260
[ T1205] kasan_report+0x3a/0x50
[ T1205] nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260
[ T1205] ? nfsd4_release_lockowner+0x410/0x410
[ T1205] cld_pipe_downcall+0x5ca/0x760
[ T1205] ? nfsd4_cld_tracking_exit+0x1d0/0x1d0
[ T1205] ? down_write_killable_nested+0x170/0x170
[ T1205] ? avc_policy_seqno+0x28/0x40
[ T1205] ? selinux_file_permission+0x1b4/0x1e0
[ T1205] rpc_pipe_write+0x84/0xb0
[ T1205] vfs_write+0x143/0x520
[ T1205] ksys_write+0xc9/0x170
[ T1205] ? __ia32_sys_read+0x50/0x50
[ T1205] ? ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64+0xfe/0x110
[ T1205] ? ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64+0xa2/0x110
[ T1205] do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40
[ T1205] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1
[ T1205] RIP: 0033:0x7fdbdb761bc7
[ T1205] Code: 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b7 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 514
[ T1205] RSP: 002b:00007fff8c4b7248 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
[ T1205] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000042b RCX: 00007fdbdb761bc7
[ T1205] RDX: 000000000000042b RSI: 00007fff8c4b75f0 RDI: 0000000000000008
[ T1205] RBP: 00007fdbdb761bb0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001
[ T1205] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000042b
[ T1205] R13: 0000000000000008 R14: 00007fff8c4b75f0 R15: 0000000000000000
[ T1205] ==================================================================

Fix it by checking namelen.
Published: 2024-10-21
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4008-1 linux-6.1 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4075-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7166-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7166-2 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7166-3 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7166-4 Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7186-1 Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7186-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7194-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7276-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7277-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7293-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7294-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7294-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7294-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7294-4 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7295-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7301-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7303-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7303-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7303-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7304-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7310-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7311-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7384-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7384-2 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7385-1 Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7386-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7393-1 Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7401-1 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7403-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7413-1 Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7468-1 Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7539-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7540-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
History

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Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: return -EINVAL when namelen is 0 When we have a corrupted main.sqlite in /var/lib/nfs/nfsdcld/, it may result in namelen being 0, which will cause memdup_user() to return ZERO_SIZE_PTR. When we access the name.data that has been assigned the value of ZERO_SIZE_PTR in nfs4_client_to_reclaim(), null pointer dereference is triggered. [ T1205] ================================================================== [ T1205] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260 [ T1205] Read of size 1 at addr 0000000000000010 by task nfsdcld/1205 [ T1205] [ T1205] CPU: 11 PID: 1205 Comm: nfsdcld Not tainted 5.10.0-00003-g2c1423731b8d #406 [ T1205] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ?-20190727_073836-buildvm-ppc64le-16.ppc.fedoraproject.org-3.fc31 04/01/2014 [ T1205] Call Trace: [ T1205] dump_stack+0x9a/0xd0 [ T1205] ? nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260 [ T1205] __kasan_report.cold+0x34/0x84 [ T1205] ? nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260 [ T1205] kasan_report+0x3a/0x50 [ T1205] nfs4_client_to_reclaim+0xe9/0x260 [ T1205] ? nfsd4_release_lockowner+0x410/0x410 [ T1205] cld_pipe_downcall+0x5ca/0x760 [ T1205] ? nfsd4_cld_tracking_exit+0x1d0/0x1d0 [ T1205] ? down_write_killable_nested+0x170/0x170 [ T1205] ? avc_policy_seqno+0x28/0x40 [ T1205] ? selinux_file_permission+0x1b4/0x1e0 [ T1205] rpc_pipe_write+0x84/0xb0 [ T1205] vfs_write+0x143/0x520 [ T1205] ksys_write+0xc9/0x170 [ T1205] ? __ia32_sys_read+0x50/0x50 [ T1205] ? ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64+0xfe/0x110 [ T1205] ? ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64+0xa2/0x110 [ T1205] do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 [ T1205] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1 [ T1205] RIP: 0033:0x7fdbdb761bc7 [ T1205] Code: 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb b7 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 514 [ T1205] RSP: 002b:00007fff8c4b7248 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 [ T1205] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000042b RCX: 00007fdbdb761bc7 [ T1205] RDX: 000000000000042b RSI: 00007fff8c4b75f0 RDI: 0000000000000008 [ T1205] RBP: 00007fdbdb761bb0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001 [ T1205] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000042b [ T1205] R13: 0000000000000008 R14: 00007fff8c4b75f0 R15: 0000000000000000 [ T1205] ================================================================== Fix it by checking namelen.
Title nfsd: return -EINVAL when namelen is 0
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T11:58:13.281Z

Reserved: 2024-09-30T16:00:12.942Z

Link: CVE-2024-47692

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Updated: 2024-10-21T13:05:49.602Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-10-21T12:15:05.953

Modified: 2026-05-12T12:17:13.333

Link: CVE-2024-47692

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-10-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-47692 - Bugzilla

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