CVE-2024-44938
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 13 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dbDiscardAG When searching for the next smaller log2 block, BLKSTOL2() returned 0, causing shift exponent -1 to be negative. This patch fixes the issue by exiting the loop directly when negative shift is found.
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affected products (60)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-1927Linux Kernel: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-08-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder einen nicht spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (21)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-44938cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-44938/cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/234e6ea0855cdb5673d54ecaf7dc5c78f3e84630cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7063b80268e2593e58bee8a8d709c2f3ff93e2f2cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd04a149e3a29e7f71b7956ed41dba34e42d539ecnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f650148b43949ca9e37e820804bb6026fff404f3cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities-dated-27-08-2024-45023cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/234e6ea0855cdb5673d54ecaf7dc5c78f3e84630enisa_euvd
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