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Este es un problema que se puede activar solo desde la ra\u00edz y que ocurre cuando el operador establece l\u00edmites sucios en >16 TB."}], "id": "CVE-2024-42131", "lastModified": "2025-11-03T22:17:41.323", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 4.4, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "HIGH", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 0.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2024-07-30T08:15:05.130", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b2d2b8766db028bd827af34075f221ae9e9efff"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/385d838df280eba6c8680f9777bfa0d0bfe7e8b2"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d3817b64eda07491bdd86a234629fe0764fb42a"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a49389771ae7666f4dc3426e2a4594bf23ae290"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e0b5e7f2895eccef5c2a0018b589266f90c4805"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a25e8536184516b55ef89ab91dd2eea429de28d2"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd16a7ee339aef3ee4c90cb23902afb6af379ea0"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c83ed422c24f0d4b264f89291d4fabe285f80dbc"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/385d838df280eba6c8680f9777bfa0d0bfe7e8b2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a49389771ae7666f4dc3426e2a4594bf23ae290"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e0b5e7f2895eccef5c2a0018b589266f90c4805"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a25e8536184516b55ef89ab91dd2eea429de28d2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd16a7ee339aef3ee4c90cb23902afb6af379ea0"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c83ed422c24f0d4b264f89291d4fabe285f80dbc"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-190"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

{"affected_release": [{"advisory": "RHSA-2024:7001", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv", "package": "kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_10", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8", "release_date": "2024-09-24T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2024:7000", "cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "package": "kernel-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8", "release_date": "2024-09-24T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2024:6567", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "package": "kernel-0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9", "release_date": "2024-09-11T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2024:6567", "cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "package": "kernel-0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9", "release_date": "2024-09-11T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2024:6267", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2", "package": "kernel-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support", "release_date": "2024-09-04T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2024:6268", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv", "package": "kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.rt14.367.el9_2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support", "release_date": "2024-09-04T00:00:00Z"}], "bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: mm: avoid overflows in dirty throttling logic", "id": "2301496", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2301496"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "4.4", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "verified"}, "cwe": "CWE-190", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nmm: avoid overflows in dirty throttling logic\nThe dirty throttling logic is interspersed with assumptions that dirty\nlimits in PAGE_SIZE units fit into 32-bit (so that various multiplications\nfit into 64-bits). If limits end up being larger, we will hit overflows,\npossible divisions by 0 etc. Fix these problems by never allowing so\nlarge dirty limits as they have dubious practical value anyway. For\ndirty_bytes / dirty_background_bytes interfaces we can just refuse to set\nso large limits. For dirty_ratio / dirty_background_ratio it isn't so\nsimple as the dirty limit is computed from the amount of available memory\nwhich can change due to memory hotplug etc. So when converting dirty\nlimits from ratios to numbers of pages, we just don't allow the result to\nexceed UINT_MAX.\nThis is root-only triggerable problem which occurs when the operator\nsets dirty limits to >16 TB.", "A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's memory management subsystem where a lack of proper size checks on dirty limits can lead to situations where large dirty limits end up being larger than 32-bits, resulting in potential overflows and divisions by 0. This can cause memory corruption, system instability, or crashes."], "mitigation": {"lang": "en:us", "value": "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability."}, "name": "CVE-2024-42131", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2024-07-30T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42131\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42131\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024073027-CVE-2024-42131-2f7f@gregkh/T"], "statement": "Red Hat believes this flaw is moderate severity because the privileges necessary to exploit this vulnerability are high, as it requires a user to have elevated permissions to set the dirty page limits.", "threat_severity": "Moderate"}