PT-2024-1478
CVE-2024-0841
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Published
2024-01-23
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Updated
2026-08-21
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
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.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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