# nilfs2: propagate directory read errors from nilfs_find_entry()

CVE record · `CVE-2024-50202`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-50202`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.5 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-755](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/755.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-755](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-755.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 8 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 8 Nov 2024, 05:56 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 to before bb857ae1efd3138c653239ed1e7aef14e1242c81` (git)
  - affected: `2ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 to before b4b3dc9e7e604be98a222e9f941f5e93798ca475` (git)
  - affected: `2ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 to before c1d0476885d708a932980b0f28cd90d9bd71db39` (git)
  - affected: `2ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 to before edf8146057264191d5bfe5b91773f13d936dadd3` (git)
  - affected: `2ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 to before 270a6f9df35fa2aea01ec23770dc9b3fc9a12989` (git)
  - affected: `2ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 to before 9698088ac7704e260f492d9c254e29ed7dd8729a` (git)
  - affected: `2ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 to before efa810b15a25531cbc2f527330947b9fe16916e7` (git)
  - affected: `2ba466d74ed74f073257f86e61519cb8f8f46184 to before 08cfa12adf888db98879dbd735bc741360a34168` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.30`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.30` (semver)
  - unaffected: `4.19.323 to 4.19.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.4.285 to 5.4.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.228 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.169 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.114 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.58 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.11.5 to 6.11.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 5.5 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0023, the 14th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 8 Nov 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-50202](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50202)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-50202](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50202)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb857ae1efd3138c653239ed1e7aef14e1242c81>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4b3dc9e7e604be98a222e9f941f5e93798ca475>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1d0476885d708a932980b0f28cd90d9bd71db39>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edf8146057264191d5bfe5b91773f13d936dadd3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/270a6f9df35fa2aea01ec23770dc9b3fc9a12989>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9698088ac7704e260f492d9c254e29ed7dd8729a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efa810b15a25531cbc2f527330947b9fe16916e7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08cfa12adf888db98879dbd735bc741360a34168>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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