# nilfs2: fix potential deadlock with newly created symlinks

CVE record · `CVE-2024-50229`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-50229`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.5 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-667](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/667.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-667](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-667.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 9 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 9 Nov 2024, 10:14 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: `21fc61c73c3903c4c312d0802da01ec2b323d174 to before cc38c596e648575ce58bfc31623a6506eda4b94a` (git)
  - affected: `21fc61c73c3903c4c312d0802da01ec2b323d174 to before a1686db1e59f8fc016c4c9361e2119dd206f479a` (git)
  - affected: `21fc61c73c3903c4c312d0802da01ec2b323d174 to before c72e0df0b56c1166736dc8eb62070ebb12591447` (git)
  - affected: `21fc61c73c3903c4c312d0802da01ec2b323d174 to before 69548bb663fcb63f9ee0301be808a36b9d78dac3` (git)
  - affected: `21fc61c73c3903c4c312d0802da01ec2b323d174 to before 58c7f44c7b9e5ac7e3b1e5da2572ed7767a12f38` (git)
  - affected: `21fc61c73c3903c4c312d0802da01ec2b323d174 to before 1246d86e7bbde265761932c6e2dce28c69cdcb91` (git)
  - affected: `21fc61c73c3903c4c312d0802da01ec2b323d174 to before 9aa5d43ac4cace8fb9bd964ff6c23f599dc3cd24` (git)
  - affected: `21fc61c73c3903c4c312d0802da01ec2b323d174 to before b3a033e3ecd3471248d474ef263aadc0059e516a` (git)
  - affected: `076e4ab3279eb3ddb206de44d04df7aeb2428e09` (git)
  - affected: `4.4.116 to before 4.5` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.5`
  - unaffected: `before 4.5` (semver)
  - unaffected: `4.19.323 to 4.19.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.4.285 to 5.4.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.229 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.171 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.116 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.60 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.11.7 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:** 0.0021, the 10th percentile, on 8 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 9 Nov 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-50229](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50229)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-50229](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50229)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc38c596e648575ce58bfc31623a6506eda4b94a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1686db1e59f8fc016c4c9361e2119dd206f479a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c72e0df0b56c1166736dc8eb62070ebb12591447>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69548bb663fcb63f9ee0301be808a36b9d78dac3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58c7f44c7b9e5ac7e3b1e5da2572ed7767a12f38>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1246d86e7bbde265761932c6e2dce28c69cdcb91>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9aa5d43ac4cace8fb9bd964ff6c23f599dc3cd24>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3a033e3ecd3471248d474ef263aadc0059e516a>

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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