5.5

CVE-2024-53101: fs: Fix uninitialized value issue in from_kuid and from_kgid

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53101DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53101
Published 25-11-2024Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-53101 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
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 51 · Related 49
DLA-4008-1DLA-4075-1MGASA-2024-0392MGASA-2024-0393SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1

Timeline

  1. 25-11-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: Fix uninitialized value issue in from_kuid and from_kgid ocfs2_setattr() uses attr->ia_mode, attr->ia_uid and attr->ia_gid in a trace point even though ATTR_MODE, ATTR_UID and ATTR_GID aren't set. Initialize all fields of newattrs to avoid uninitialized variables, by checking if ATTR_MODE, ATTR_UID, ATTR_GID are initialized, otherwise 0.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.25% 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.

Ubuntu134 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-208.228 | < 5.15.0-133.144 | < 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1140.150 | < 5.15.0-1078.85 | < 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 468eedde23d6c9335935773f4f5764267d5a7763, < a0c77e5e3dcbffc7c6080ccc89c037f0c86496cf | ≥ 468eedde23d6c9335935773f4f5764267d5a7763, < 17ecb40c5cc7755a321fb6148cba5797431ee5b8 | ≥ 468eedde23d6c9335935773f4f5764267d5a7763, < 9db25c2b41c34963c3ccf473b08171f87670652e | ≥ 468eedde23d6c9335935773f4f5764267d5a7763, < b3e612bd8f64ce62e731e95f635e06a2efe3c80c | ≥ 468eedde23d6c9335935773f4f5764267d5a7763, < 5a72b0d3497b818d8f000c347a7c11801eb27bfc | ≥ 468eedde23d6c9335935773f4f5764267d5a7763, < 1cb5bfc5bfc651982b6203c224d49b7ddacf28bc | ≥ 468eedde23d6c9335935773f4f5764267d5a7763, < 1c28bca1256aecece6e94b26b85cd07e08b0dc90 | ≥ 468eedde23d6c9335935773f4f5764267d5a7763, < 15f34347481648a567db67fb473c23befb796af5 | 2.6.39
  • linux_kernel< 4.19.324 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.286 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.230 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.173 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.118 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.62 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.9 | 6.12:rc1 | 6.12:rc2 | 6.12:rc3 | 6.12:rc4 | 6.12:rc5 | 6.12:rc6 | 6.12:rc7
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.119-1 | < 6.11.9-1

3 vendors · 137 products

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