PT-2024-8216 · Linux+8 · Linux Kernel+8

Published 2024-02-18 · Updated 2026-05-26 · CVE-2024-27025

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV: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: The issue is related to the nbd component of the Linux kernel and involves a null check for nla nest start(). This function may fail and return NULL, potentially leading to a denial of service. The vulnerability is associated with the incorrect handling of errors in the nbd genl status() function.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-388

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:5101

ALSA-2024:5102

ALSA-2025_12746

ALSA-2025_12752

ALSA-2025_12753

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2024-7511

BDU:2024-09758

CESA-2024_5101

CESA-2024_5102

CVE-2024-27025

DLA-3842-1

DSA-5681-1

INFSA-2024_5101

INFSA-2024_5102

INFSA-2024_9315

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_2947-1

RHSA-2024:5101

RHSA-2024:5102

RHSA-2024:9315

RHSA-2024_5101

RHSA-2024_5102

RHSA-2024_9315

RHSA-2025:11810

RLSA-2024:5101

RLSA-2024:5102

RXSA-2024:5101

SUSE-SU-2024:2802-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2892-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Red Os

Rocky Linux

Suse

References · 3207

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/27xxx/CVE-2024-27025.json · Exploit
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-5101.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2024-27025 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:5102 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-27025 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-5101.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-9315.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96436365e5d80d0106ea785a4f80a58e7c9edff8 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2024-27025 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4af837db0fd3679fabc7b7758397090b0c06dced · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44214d744be32a4769faebba764510888f1eb19e · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RLSA-2024:5101 · Vendor Advisory