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HistoryJul 29, 2024 - 3:15 p.m.

CVE-2024-41077

2024-07-2915:15:15
Google
osv.dev
4
linux kernel
null_blk
block size
vulnerability
validation

AI Score

8.4

Confidence

High

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]

AI Score

8.4

Confidence

High