CVE-2024-0841: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in the hugetlbfs_fill_super function in the Linux kernel hugetlbfs (HugeTLB pages) functionality. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.1, before 5.4.271 (fixed in 5.4.271); from 5.5, before 5.10.212 (fixed in 5.10.212); from 5.11, before 5.15.151 (fixed in 5.15.151); from 5.16, before 6.1.79 (fixed in 6.1.79); from 6.2, before 6.6.18 (fixed in 6.6.18); from 6.7, before 6.7.6 (fixed in 6.7.6)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only

Published 2024-01-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.