NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-41060

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU94978

NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-41060

Published: July 31, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94978
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41060
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Oracle Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
Basesystem Module
Public Cloud Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
IBM Integrated Analytics System
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_225-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_2-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_8-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_8-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_22-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_4-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_22-default
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt
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linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
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linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-125-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
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linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1038-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1055-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1065-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1065-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1067-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1067-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1067-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1069-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1069-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1070-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1071-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1072-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1075-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-cvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1078-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-48-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-48-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-48-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-48-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1002-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1015-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1015-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1016-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1016-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1016-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1016-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1017-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1018-aws (Ubuntu package)
Storage Copy Data Management
Cloud Pak for Network Automation
Technical Support Appliance
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
Guardium Data Protection
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
OpenShift Logging
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
linux-image-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-intel (Ubuntu package)
IBM Security Guardium

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the radeon_gem_va_update_vm() function in drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_gem.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-41060

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources