CVE-2024-57940

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix the infinite loop in exfat_readdir() If the file system is corrupted so that a cluster is linked to itself in the cluster chain, and there is an unused directory entry in the cluster, 'dentry' will not be incremented, causing condition 'dentry < max_dentries' unable to prevent an infinite loop. This infinite loop causes s_lock not to be released, and other tasks will hang, such as exfat_sync_fs(). This commit stops traversing the cluster chain when there is unused directory entry in the cluster to avoid this infinite loop.
Configurations

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History

03 Nov 2025, 21:18

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References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html -
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html -

Information

Published : 2025-01-21 13:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 21:18


NVD link : CVE-2024-57940

Mitre link : CVE-2024-57940

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-57940


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')