CVE-2024-0841

high

Published 2024-04-30 · Modified 2024-11-03

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.0

Description

Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Red Hat Errata — Red Hat Inc. · View original ↗ · Open-Errata-API

Description kernel: hugetlbfs: Null pointer dereference in hugetlbfs_fill_super function Red Hat statement Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability. CVSS v3: 6.6 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)…

Workaround

for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Description

kernel: hugetlbfs: Null pointer dereference in hugetlbfs_fill_super function

Red Hat statement

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS v3: 6.6 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H)

Errata / fixed releases

Product	Package	Advisory	Released
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	`kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.rt7.342.el8_10`	RHSA-2024:2950	2024-05-22T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	`kernel-0:4.18.0-553.el8_10`	RHSA-2024:3138	2024-05-22T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	`kernel-0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4`	RHSA-2024:2394	2024-04-30T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	`kernel-0:5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4`	RHSA-2024:2394	2024-04-30T00:00:00Z

Package state

Product	Package	State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	`kernel`	Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	`kernel`	Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	`kernel-rt`	Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	`kernel-rt`	Affected

Apply commands

bash fix

Apply RHSA-2024:2950 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

yum update -y kernel-rt
# or:
dnf upgrade -y kernel-rt

Affected

Vendor	Product	Version
redhat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	`Not affected`
redhat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	`Affected`

OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

AlmaLinux Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	`kernel-doc-5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm`
8	Fixed	`kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.el8_10.noarch.rpm`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`6.6.7-1`
sid	Fixed	`6.6.7-1`
forky	Fixed	`6.6.7-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`5.10.216-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`6.1.82-1`

Red Hat Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
8	Fixed	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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