CVE-2024-35904: Linux kernel · selinux: avoid dereference of garbage after mount failure
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 16:33 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or noneCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 19 May 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: avoid dereference of garbage after mount failure In case kern_mount() fails and returns an error pointer return in the error branch instead of continuing and dereferencing the error pointer. While on it drop the never read static variable selinuxfs_mount.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35904 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/37801a36b4d68892ce807264f784d818f8d0d39b (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/477ed6789eb9f3f4d3568bb977f90c863c12724e (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/563e631a18c5b2bbab674a58154bcf41a6d90f13 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/68784a5d01b8868ff85a7926676b6729715fff3c (opens in a new tab)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/1 (opens in a new tab)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/2 (opens in a new tab)