CVE-2024-42078

Summary

CVE-2024-42078 is a newly identified vulnerability in the Linux kernel. In the nfsd component, the mutex nfsd_info.mutex is being initialized too late, allowing it to be dereferenced prematurely. This can trigger an Oops (Out of Memory) error. To mitigate this issue, the initialization of nfsd_info.mutex has been moved to an earlier stage to prevent potential dereferencing before it is properly set up.

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