Answer in brief
CVE-2024-14027 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in xattr: switch to CLASS(fd). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=c03185f4a23e7f89d84c9981091770e876e64480 <9a3a2ae5efbbcaed37551218abed94e23c537157 || >=c3a5e3e872f3688ae0dc57bb78ca633921d96a91 <d151b94967c8247005435b63fc60f8f4baa320da || >=c3a5e3e872f3688ae0dc57bb78ca633921d96a91 <a71874379ec8c6e788a61d71b3ad014a8d9a5c08 || 8d5863cb33aa424fc27115ee945ad6b96ae2facb || >=6.6.51 <6.6.133 || >=6.10.10 <6.11 | 9a3a2ae5efbbcaed37551218abed94e23c537157, d151b94967c8247005435b63fc60f8f4baa320da, a71874379ec8c6e788a61d71b3ad014a8d9a5c08, 6.6.133, 6.11 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.11 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Mar 9, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jun 26, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 26, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/xattr: missing fdput() in fremovexattr error path In the Linux kernel, the fremovexattr() syscall calls fdget() to acquire a file reference but returns early without calling fdput() when strncpy_from_user() fails on the name argument. In multi-threaded processes where fdget() takes the slow path, this permanently leaks one file reference per call, pinning the struct file and associated kernel objects in memory. An unprivileged local user can exploit this to cause kernel memory exhaustion. The issue was inadvertently fixed by commit a71874379ec8 ("xattr: switch to CLASS(fd)").
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.
Answer in brief
CVE-2024-14027 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in xattr: switch to CLASS(fd). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=c03185f4a23e7f89d84c9981091770e876e64480 <9a3a2ae5efbbcaed37551218abed94e23c537157 || >=c3a5e3e872f3688ae0dc57bb78ca633921d96a91 <d151b94967c8247005435b63fc60f8f4baa320da || >=c3a5e3e872f3688ae0dc57bb78ca633921d96a91 <a71874379ec8c6e788a61d71b3ad014a8d9a5c08 || 8d5863cb33aa424fc27115ee945ad6b96ae2facb || >=6.6.51 <6.6.133 || >=6.10.10 <6.11 | 9a3a2ae5efbbcaed37551218abed94e23c537157, d151b94967c8247005435b63fc60f8f4baa320da, a71874379ec8c6e788a61d71b3ad014a8d9a5c08, 6.6.133, 6.11 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.11 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Mar 9, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Jun 26, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 26, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/xattr: missing fdput() in fremovexattr error path In the Linux kernel, the fremovexattr() syscall calls fdget() to acquire a file reference but returns early without calling fdput() when strncpy_from_user() fails on the name argument. In multi-threaded processes where fdget() takes the slow path, this permanently leaks one file reference per call, pinning the struct file and associated kernel objects in memory. An unprivileged local user can exploit this to cause kernel memory exhaustion. The issue was inadvertently fixed by commit a71874379ec8 ("xattr: switch to CLASS(fd)").
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.