# CVE-2024-50065: ntfs3: Change to non-blocking allocation in ntfs_d_hash

> A sleeping allocation in the Linux kernel ntfs3 driver during RCU-walk can cause a system hang or crash under memory pressure.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-50065, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50065, GHSA-7683-mrww-rjhc, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50065

## What is CVE-2024-50065?

CVE-2024-50065 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntfs3: Change to non-blocking allocation in ntfs_d_hash

d_hash is done while under "rcu-walk" and should not sleep.
__get_name() allocates using GFP_KERNEL, having the possibility
to sleep when under memory pressure. Change the allocation to
GFP_NOWAIT.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50065?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50065?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50065 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50065 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50065 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50065 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50065/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50065/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50065
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50065
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50065

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50065/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.