CVE-2024-0841

Kernel: hugetlbfs: null pointer dereference in hugetlbfs_fill_super function

MEDIUM 6.6

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.30 % · percentile 22 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
redhat
NVD status
Modified

Description

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the hugetlbfs_fill_super function in the Linux kernel hugetlbfs (HugeTLB pages) functionality. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Hredhat
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:HNVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8unaffected 0:4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8unaffected 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD