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CVE-2024-45021

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg_write_event_control(): fix a user-triggerable oops we are *not* guaranteed that anything past the terminating NUL is mapped (let alone initialized with anything sane).

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa5bfdf6cb5846a00e712d630a43e3cf55ccb411

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1aa7c509aa766080db7ab3aec2e31b1df09e57c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad149f5585345e383baa65f1539d816cd715fd3b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43768fa80fd192558737e24ed6548f74554611d7

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21b578f1d599edb87462f11113c5b0fc7a04ac61

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b37ec85ad95b612307627758c6018cd9d92cca8

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fbe2a72e853a1052abe9bc2b7df8ddb102da227

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/046667c4d3196938e992fba0dfcde570aa85cd0e

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-41501

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-09-11

Updated: 2026-08-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00255

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