# CVE-2024-41015: ocfs2: add bounds checking to ocfs2\_check\_dir\_entry()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-29 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.24

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: add bounds checking to ocfs2_check_dir_entry() This adds sanity checks for ocfs2_dir_entry to make sure all members of ocfs2_dir_entry don't stray beyond valid memory region.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13d38c00df97289e6fba2e54193959293fd910d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/564d23cc5b216211e1694d53f7e45959396874d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77495e5da5cb110a8fed27b052c77853fe282176
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53de17ad01cb5f6f8426f597e9d5c87d4cf53bb7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd65685594ee707cbf3ddf22ebb73697786ac114
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e05a24289db90f76ff606086aadd62d068a88dcd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/624b380074f0dc209fb8706db3295c735079f34c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edb2e67dd4626b06fd7eb37252d5067912e78d59
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/255547c6bb8940a97eea94ef9d464ea5967763fb

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