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GHSA-5M73-3PCH-86M2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-09-11 18:31 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31

Details

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).

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2024-45021 (GCVE-0-2024-45021)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-11 15:13 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:15

Summary

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).

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa5bfdf6cb5846a00…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b37ec85ad95b6123…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad149f5585345e383…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fbe2a72e853a1052…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43768fa80fd192558…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1aa7c509aa766080…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21b578f1d599edb87…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/046667c4d3196938e…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: 0dea116876eefc9c7ca9c5d74fe665481e499fa3 , < fa5bfdf6cb5846a00e712d630a43e3cf55ccb411 (git)
Affected: 0dea116876eefc9c7ca9c5d74fe665481e499fa3 , < 1b37ec85ad95b612307627758c6018cd9d92cca8 (git)
Affected: 0dea116876eefc9c7ca9c5d74fe665481e499fa3 , < ad149f5585345e383baa65f1539d816cd715fd3b (git)
Affected: 0dea116876eefc9c7ca9c5d74fe665481e499fa3 , < 0fbe2a72e853a1052abe9bc2b7df8ddb102da227 (git)
Affected: 0dea116876eefc9c7ca9c5d74fe665481e499fa3 , < 43768fa80fd192558737e24ed6548f74554611d7 (git)
Affected: 0dea116876eefc9c7ca9c5d74fe665481e499fa3 , < f1aa7c509aa766080db7ab3aec2e31b1df09e57c (git)
Affected: 0dea116876eefc9c7ca9c5d74fe665481e499fa3 , < 21b578f1d599edb87462f11113c5b0fc7a04ac61 (git)
Affected: 0dea116876eefc9c7ca9c5d74fe665481e499fa3 , < 046667c4d3196938e992fba0dfcde570aa85cd0e (git)

Linux

Affected: 2.6.34
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.34 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.19.321 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.283 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.225 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.166 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.107 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.48 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.10.7 , ≤ 6.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.11 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-5M73-3PCH-86M2

CVE-2024-45021 (GCVE-0-2024-45021)

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