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null_blk: fix validation of block size

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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]

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.223, 5.15.164, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11
CVEs
CVE-2024-41077
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 16:36 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

null_blk: fix validation of block size

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Jul 2024, 14:57 UTC

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]

osv:CVE-2024-41077

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.10.223, 5.15.164, 6.1.101, 6.6.42, 6.9.11

Complete source record
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