7.8

CVE-2024-41059: hfsplus: fix uninit-value in copy_name

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2024:3698-1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41059DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41059
Published 29-07-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-41059 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 186 · Related 182
DLA-4008-1DSA-5747-1MGASA-2024-0277MGASA-2024-0278SUSE-SU-2024:2892-1SUSE-SU-2024:2893-1

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Timeline

  1. 29-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfsplus: fix uninit-value in copy_name [syzbot reported] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sized_strscpy+0xc4/0x160 sized_strscpy+0xc4/0x160 copy_name+0x2af/0x320 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:411 hfsplus_listxattr+0x11e9/0x1a50 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:750 vfs_listxattr fs/xattr.c:493 [inline] listxattr+0x1f3/0x6b0 fs/xattr.c:840 path_listxattr fs/xattr.c:864 [inline] __do_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:876 [inline] __se_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:873 [inline] __x64_sys_listxattr+0x16b/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:873 x64_sys_call+0x2ba0/0x3b50 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:195 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:3877 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3918 [inline] kmalloc_trace+0x57b/0xbe0 mm/slub.c:4065 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:628 [inline] hfsplus_listxattr+0x4cc/0x1a50 fs/hfsplus/xattr.c:699 vfs_listxattr fs/xattr.c:493 [inline] listxattr+0x1f3/0x6b0 fs/xattr.c:840 path_listxattr fs/xattr.c:864 [inline] __do_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:876 [inline] __se_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:873 [inline] __x64_sys_listxattr+0x16b/0x2f0 fs/xattr.c:873 x64_sys_call+0x2ba0/0x3b50 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:195 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f [Fix] When allocating memory to strbuf, initialize memory to 0.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu129 products
  • linux< 4.4.0-261.295 | < 4.15.0-231.243 | < 5.4.0-200.220 | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-48.48
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1138.144 | < 4.4.0-1176.191 | < 4.15.0-1175.188 | < 5.4.0-1135.145 | < 5.15.0-1072.78 | < 6.8.0-1018.20
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 017f8da43e92ddd9989884720b694a512e09ccce, < 72805debec8f7aa342da194fe0ed7bc8febea335 | ≥ 017f8da43e92ddd9989884720b694a512e09ccce, < c733e24a61cbcff10f660041d6d84d32bb7e4cb4 | ≥ 017f8da43e92ddd9989884720b694a512e09ccce, < 34f8efd2743f2d961e92e8e994de4c7a2f9e74a0 | ≥ 017f8da43e92ddd9989884720b694a512e09ccce, < d02d8c1dacafb28930c39e16d48e40bb6e4cbc70 | ≥ 017f8da43e92ddd9989884720b694a512e09ccce, < 22999936b91ba545ce1fbbecae6895127945e91c | ≥ 017f8da43e92ddd9989884720b694a512e09ccce, < f08956d8e0f80fd0d4ad84ec917302bb2f3a9c6a | ≥ 017f8da43e92ddd9989884720b694a512e09ccce, < ad57dc2caf1e0a3c0a9904400fae7afbc9f74bb2 | ≥ 017f8da43e92ddd9989884720b694a512e09ccce, < 0570730c16307a72f8241df12363f76600baf57d | 3.16
  • linux_kernel< 4.19.319 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.281 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.223 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.164 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.101 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.42 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.11
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.106-1 | < 6.9.11-1
Suse1 product
  • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_58&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5< 2-8.6.1

4 vendors · 133 products

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