CVE-2024-45021
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.3%
17.5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-476
Published 2024-09-11 · modified 2026-08-04
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | N | None |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2024-09-11 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)
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).
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/046667c4d3196938e992fba0dfcde570aa85cd0e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fbe2a72e853a1052abe9bc2b7df8ddb102da227
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b37ec85ad95b612307627758c6018cd9d92cca8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21b578f1d599edb87462f11113c5b0fc7a04ac61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43768fa80fd192558737e24ed6548f74554611d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad149f5585345e383baa65f1539d816cd715fd3b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1aa7c509aa766080db7ab3aec2e31b1df09e57c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa5bfdf6cb5846a00e712d630a43e3cf55ccb411
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html