CVE-2024-45021
High
memcg_write_event_control(): fix a user-triggerable oops
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).
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
September 11, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1808 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-45021
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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).
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- 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://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/45xxx/CVE-2024-45021.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45021