CVE-2024-50204: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: don't try and remove empty rbtree node When copying a namespace we won't have added the new copy into the namespace rbtree until after the copy succeeded. Calling free_mnt_ns() will try to remove the copy from the rbtree which is invalid. Simply free the namespace skeleton directly.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.11, before 6.11.6 (fixed in 6.11.6); version 6.12 only

Published 2024-11-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.