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CVE-2024-0841

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 41/100
Published: 2024-01-28 Modified: 2026-11-05 First seen: 2026-11-05 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the hugetlbfs_fill_super function in the Linux kernel hugetlbfs (HugeTLB pages) functionality. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (3)

VendorProductVersion
linux linux_kernel 5.1 – 5.4.271
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat enterprise_linux 9.0

References & Advisories (6)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256490
issue-tracking x_refsource_REDHAT

Bug Bounty Relevance

41 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.30%
Raw Score 0.002980
Percentile 22.6%
Date 2026-11-06

EPSS Trend

2026-11-06
0.00298
2026-11-05
0.00298
2026-11-04
0.00298

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →

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