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DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41055

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41055 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: prevent derefencing NULL ptr in pfn_section_valid() Commit 5ec8e8ea8b77 ("mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage") changed pfn_section_valid() to add a READ_ONCE() call around "ms->usage" to fix a race with section_deactivate() where ms->usage can be cleared. The READ_ONCE() call, by itself, is not enough to prevent NULL pointer dereference. We need to check its value before dereferencing it.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13linux0, 0
Debian:11linux5.10.178-1, 5.10.179-2, 5.10.179-3
Debian:12linux6.1.90-1~bpo11+1, 6.1.27-1, 6.1.38-2~bpo11+1
Debian:14linux0, 0
Debian:11linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1, 6.1.106-3~deb11u2, 6.1.106-3~deb11u3

Timeline

  • Jul 29, 2024 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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