### [CVE-2024-42078](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-42078) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Linux&color=blue) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=&color=brightgreen) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=6.8%20&color=brightgreen) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=7b207ccd983350a5dedd132b57c666186dd02a7c%20&color=brightgreen) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=n%2Fa&color=blue) ### Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:nfsd: initialise nfsd_info.mutex early.nfsd_info.mutex can be dereferenced by svc_pool_stats_start()immediately after the new netns is created. Currently this cantrigger an oops.Move the initialisation earlier before it can possibly be dereferenced. ### POC #### Reference No PoCs from references. #### Github - https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds