VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-0841
This issue may allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.30%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 22th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0841Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256490Issue Tracking
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0841Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256490Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.