5.5

CVE-2024-41077: linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-41077DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41077
Published 29-07-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-41077 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 28 · Related 23
DLA-4008-1DSA-5747-1MGASA-2024-0277MGASA-2024-0278RHSA-2024:9315SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1

Timeline

  1. 29-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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]

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu130 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-48.48
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1072.78 | < 6.8.0-1018.20
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ cedcafad8277b3a07e90bf2f68fff5c6b28a183e, < 9625afe1dd4a158a14bb50f81af9e2dac634c0b1 | ≥ cedcafad8277b3a07e90bf2f68fff5c6b28a183e, < 9b873bdaae64bddade9d8c6df23c8a31948d47d0 | ≥ cedcafad8277b3a07e90bf2f68fff5c6b28a183e, < 2772ed2fc075eef7df3789906fc9dae01e4e132e | ≥ cedcafad8277b3a07e90bf2f68fff5c6b28a183e, < 08f03186b96e25e3154916a2e70732557c770ea7 | ≥ cedcafad8277b3a07e90bf2f68fff5c6b28a183e, < f92409a9da02f27d05d713bff5f865e386cef9b3 | ≥ cedcafad8277b3a07e90bf2f68fff5c6b28a183e, < c462ecd659b5fce731f1d592285832fd6ad54053 | 4.14
  • linux_kernel< 5.10.223 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.164 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.101 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.42 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.11 | 6.10:rc1 | 6.10:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.106-1 | < 6.9.11-1

3 vendors · 133 products

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