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CVE-2024-41077

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.22%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2024-07-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2024-41077
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.22%
Linux

Original NVD Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: null_blk: fix validation of block size Block size should be between 512 and PAGE_SIZE and be a power of 2. The current check does not validate this, so update the check. Without this patch, null_blk would Oops due to a null pointer deref when loaded with bs=1536 [1]. [axboe: remove unnecessary braces and != 0 check]

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