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GHSA-fxx9-q7vv-g6p2
GHSA-fxx9-q7vv-g6p2
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published July 29, 2024
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: null_blk: fix validation of block size Block size should be between 512 and PAGE_SIZE and be a power of 2. The current check does not validate this, so update the check. Without this patch, null_blk would Oops due to a null pointer deref when loaded with bs=1536 [1]. [axboe: remove unnecessary braces and != 0 check]
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
Timeline
- Jul 29, 2024 CVE Published
- Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2772ed2fc075eef7df3789906fc9dae01e4e132e url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9625afe1dd4a158a14bb50f81af9e2dac634c0b1 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b873bdaae64bddade9d8c6df23c8a31948d47d0 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f92409a9da02f27d05d713bff5f865e386cef9b3 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41077 advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08f03186b96e25e3154916a2e70732557c770ea7 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c462ecd659b5fce731f1d592285832fd6ad54053 url