CVE-2024-41083: linux NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-41083 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 10Timeline
- 29-07-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix netfs_page_mkwrite() to check folio->mapping is valid Fix netfs_page_mkwrite() to check that folio->mapping is valid once it has taken the folio lock (as filemap_page_mkwrite() does). Without this, generic/247 occasionally oopses with something like the following: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page RIP: 0010:trace_event_raw_event_netfs_folio+0x61/0xc0 ... Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die_body+0x1a/0x60 ? page_fault_oops+0x6e/0xa0 ? exc_page_fault+0xc2/0xe0 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? trace_event_raw_event_netfs_folio+0x61/0xc0 trace_netfs_folio+0x39/0x40 netfs_page_mkwrite+0x14c/0x1d0 do_page_mkwrite+0x50/0x90 do_pte_missing+0x184/0x200 __handle_mm_fault+0x42d/0x500 handle_mm_fault+0x121/0x1f0 do_user_addr_fault+0x23e/0x3c0 exc_page_fault+0xc2/0xe0 asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 This is due to the invalidate_inode_pages2_range() issued at the end of the DIO write interfering with the mmap'd writes.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.20%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
9%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.20% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu92 products
- linux< 6.8.0-48.48
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1018.20
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 102a7e2c598c22bd2621fa97eb1c93c89d469a12, < 3473eb87afd402e415a8ca885b284ea0420dde25 | ≥ 102a7e2c598c22bd2621fa97eb1c93c89d469a12, < a81c98bfa40c11f8ea79b5a9b3f5fda73bfbb4d2 | 6.8
- linux_kernel≥ 6.8, < 6.9.8
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.9.8-1
3 vendors · 95 products