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NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2024-0841

Medium
6.6/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • LOW
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published