{"id":"CVE-2024-42312","revision":"fe40cad9627b439886c70bbae28ab8c0","records":[{"revision":"fe40cad9627b439886c70bbae28ab8c0","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2024-42312","aliases":[],"title":"sysctl: always initialize i_uid/i_gid","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsysctl: always initialize i_uid/i_gid\n\nAlways initialize i_uid/i_gid inside the sysfs core so set_ownership()\ncan safely skip setting them.\n\nCommit 5ec27ec735ba (\"fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c: fix the default values of\ni_uid/i_gid on /proc/sys inodes.\") added defaults for i_uid/i_gid when\nset_ownership() was not implemented. It also missed adjusting\nnet_ctl_set_ownership() to use the same default values in case the\ncomputation of a better value failed.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2024-08-17T09:09:16.646+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-15T00:48:20.401+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5ec27ec735ba0477d48c80561cc5e856f0c5dfaf\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"b2591c89a6e2858796111138c38fcb6851aa1955\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n 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\"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"2cbf2af144f0cd08a3361c6299b2e6086b7d21d9\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"2c7b50c7b1d036f71acd9a917a8cb0f9b6e43dab\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7eb45a94c279dd5af4cafaa738ae93737517eef4\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"14cc90952cef94bfa89a6b4a2f55fd9a70f50a16\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                     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\"lessThan\": \"5.2\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.2.3\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"5.3\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"},{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"affected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n   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\"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2591c89a6e2858796111138c38fcb6851aa1955","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34a86adea1f2b3c3f9d864c8cce09dca644601ab","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1deae34db9f4f8e0e03f891be2e2e15c15c8ac05","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffde3af4b29bf97d62d82e1d45275587e10a991a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7e2f43d182f5dde473389dbb39f16c9f0d64536","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98ca62ba9e2be5863c7d069f84f7166b45a5b2f4"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42312","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2024-42312","identifiers":["CVE-2024-42312"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}