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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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