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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-0841

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.6

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Red Hat

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.01% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 0.56% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-17 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0841
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2394
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2950
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3138
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0841
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256490

Timeline