CVE-2024-45021 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-99 — Resource Injection47 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+9 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 11
Latest updateAug 14

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg_write_event_control(): fix a user-triggerable oops we are *not* guaranteed that anything past the terminating NUL is mapped (let alone initialized with anything sane).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages14 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.34 — 4.19.321+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.226-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-200.220+4

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

22
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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OSV
linux-azure-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15 vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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OSV
linux-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-01-06
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OSV
linux, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities↗2025-01-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

24
CISA ICS
Siemens Third-Party Components in SINEC OS↗2025-08-14
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities↗2025-01-06
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