# jfs: array-index-out-of-bounds fix in dtReadFirst

CVE record · `CVE-2024-56598`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2024-56598`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.1 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-129](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/129.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-129](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-129.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 27 Dec 2024, 14:51 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: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 25f1e673ef61d6bf9a6022e27936785896d74948` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 8c97a4d5463a1c972ef576ac499ea9b05f956097` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 823d573f5450ca6be80b36f54d1902ac7cd23fb9` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 2eea5fda5556ef03defebf07b0a12fcd2c5210f4` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before fd993b2180b4c373af8b99aa28d4dcda5c2a8f10` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 22dcbf7661c6ffc3247978c254dc40b833a0d429` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before ca84a2c9be482836b86d780244f0357e5a778c46` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.12`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.12` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.4.287 to 5.4.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.231 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.174 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.120 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.66 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.5 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.13 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

- 7.1 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (Linux) (used for this record)
- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0026, the 17th percentile, on 7 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 27 Dec 2024. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2024-56598](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56598)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-56598](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56598)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25f1e673ef61d6bf9a6022e27936785896d74948>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c97a4d5463a1c972ef576ac499ea9b05f956097>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/823d573f5450ca6be80b36f54d1902ac7cd23fb9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eea5fda5556ef03defebf07b0a12fcd2c5210f4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd993b2180b4c373af8b99aa28d4dcda5c2a8f10>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22dcbf7661c6ffc3247978c254dc40b833a0d429>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca84a2c9be482836b86d780244f0357e5a778c46>

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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