CVE-2024-49934Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Linux

Severity
4.6MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 21
Latest updateApr 28

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/inode: Prevent dump_mapping() accessing invalid dentry.d_name.name It's observed that a crash occurs during hot-remove a memory device, in which user is accessing the hugetlb. See calltrace as following: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 14045 at arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1278 do_user_addr_fault+0x2a0/0x790 Modules linked in: kmem device_dax cxl_mem cxl_pmem cxl_port cxl_pci dax_hmem dax_pmem nd_pmem cxl_

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages11 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

17
OSV
linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities2025-04-28
OSV
linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-04-01
OSV
linux-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-04-01
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities2025-03-27
OSV
linux-oem-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-03-27

📋Vendor Advisories

18
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities2025-04-28
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-04-01
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities2025-04-01
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities2025-03-27
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-03-27