# CVE-2024-41077: null\_blk: fix validation of block size

- 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: 4.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: null_blk: fix validation of block size Block size should be between 512 and PAGE_SIZE and be a power of 2. The current check does not validate this, so update the check. Without this patch, null_blk would Oops due to a null pointer deref when loaded with bs=1536 [1]. [axboe: remove unnecessary braces and != 0 check]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9625afe1dd4a158a14bb50f81af9e2dac634c0b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b873bdaae64bddade9d8c6df23c8a31948d47d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2772ed2fc075eef7df3789906fc9dae01e4e132e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08f03186b96e25e3154916a2e70732557c770ea7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f92409a9da02f27d05d713bff5f865e386cef9b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c462ecd659b5fce731f1d592285832fd6ad54053

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