Threats tagged 'ghsa-phf7-cpqm-749x'

CVE-2024-56774 is a medium severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's btrfs filesystem code. It involves a missing sanity check in the btrfs_search_slot() function, which can lead to a null pointer dereference when the extent tree root is corrupted and NULL. This issue was identified by Syzbot and fixed by adding a check to ensure the btrfs root is valid before use.