{"cve":"CVE-2024-49872","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T18:15:08.587","modified":"2026-06-17T08:00:37.747","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/gup: fix memfd_pin_folios alloc race panic\n\nIf memfd_pin_folios tries to create a hugetlb page, but someone else\nalready did, then folio gets the value -EEXIST here:\n\n        folio = memfd_alloc_folio(memfd, start_idx);\n        if (IS_ERR(folio)) {\n                ret = PTR_ERR(folio);\n                if (ret != -EEXIST)\n                        goto err;\n\nthen on the next trip through the \"while start_idx\" loop we panic here:\n\n        if (folio) {\n                folio_put(folio);\n\nTo fix, set the folio to NULL on error.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce645b9fdc78ec5d28067286e92871ddae6817d5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e28f39b359c0cfdcc011603e51187085a5f1e5e3"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-49872","score":0.00145,"percentile":0.03745,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}