{"cve":"CVE-2024-43819","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-17T10:15:08.147","modified":"2026-10-21T13:17:46.910","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nkvm: s390: Reject memory region operations for ucontrol VMs\n\nThis change rejects the KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION and\nKVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2 ioctls when called on a ucontrol VM.\nThis is necessary since ucontrol VMs have kvm->arch.gmap set to 0 and\nwould thus result in a null pointer dereference further in.\nMemory management needs to be performed in userspace and using the\nioctls KVM_S390_UCAS_MAP and KVM_S390_UCAS_UNMAP.\n\nAlso improve s390 specific documentation for KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION\nand KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2.\n\n[frankja@linux.ibm.com: commit message spelling fix, subject prefix fix]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49c9945c054df4c22008e2bf87ca74d3e2507aa6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/705a8b8cc5a44b206096abb1bfdc8bc43b3c75c7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7816e58967d0e6cadce05c8540b47ed027dc2499"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-43819","score":0.00287,"percentile":0.2099,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}