PT-2024-31380 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6

Dan Carpenter

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Published

2024-08-12

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Updated

2025-09-29

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CVE-2024-45028

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A NULL dereference issue has been resolved in the Linux kernel. The issue occurs when the "test->highmem = alloc pages()" allocation fails, and then calling free pages(test->highmem) results in a NULL dereference. The error code has been changed to -ENOMEM instead of returning success.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880
ALT-PU-2024-12053
ALT-PU-2024-12535
ALT-PU-2024-12537
ALT-PU-2024-12541
ALT-PU-2024-12543
ALT-PU-2024-12790
ALT-PU-2024-13121
ALT-PU-2024-13260
ALT-PU-2024-13979
ALT-PU-2024-14046
AZL-49200
AZL-49215
BDU:2025-01782
CVE-2024-45028
DLA-3912-1
DLA-4008-1
DSA-5782-1
OESA-2024-2182
OESA-2024-2183
OESA-2024-2184
OESA-2024-2185
OESA-2024-2219
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3551-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3561-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3564-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3587-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_3592-1
SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1
SUSE-SU-2024:3553-1
SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1
SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
SUSE-SU-2024:3587-1
SUSE-SU-2024:3592-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20073-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20077-1
USN-7088-1
USN-7088-2
USN-7088-3
USN-7088-4
USN-7088-5
USN-7100-1
USN-7100-2
USN-7119-1
USN-7123-1
USN-7144-1
USN-7154-1
USN-7154-2
USN-7155-1
USN-7156-1
USN-7194-1
USN-7196-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Astra Linux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu