Threats tagged 'ghsa-r35m-8jf8-g83g'

CVE-2024-55916 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Hyper-V utility driver where a race condition can cause a kernel panic due to a NULL pointer dereference. This occurs if the KVP or VSS daemon starts before the VMBus channel's ringbuffer is fully initialized, leading to a panic when the channel callback accesses an uninitialized ringbuffer. The issue is fixed by reordering initialization steps to prevent the daemon from registering before the channel is fully opened.