Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-42131
Published: July 31, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95035
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42131
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the domain_dirty_limits(), node_dirty_limit(), dirty_background_bytes_handler() and dirty_bytes_handler() functions in mm/page-writeback.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-42131
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a49389771ae7666f4dc3426e2a4594bf23ae290
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a25e8536184516b55ef89ab91dd2eea429de28d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c83ed422c24f0d4b264f89291d4fabe285f80dbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd16a7ee339aef3ee4c90cb23902afb6af379ea0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e0b5e7f2895eccef5c2a0018b589266f90c4805
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/385d838df280eba6c8680f9777bfa0d0bfe7e8b2
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.320
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.222
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.163
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.282
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.98
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.39