CVE-2024-42131

MEDIUMNVD 4.45.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2024-07-30. NVD baseline CVSS 4.4; sources differ by 1.1.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
4.4
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 4.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm: avoid overflows in dirty throttling logic

The dirty throttling logic is interspersed with assumptions that dirty limits in PAGE_SIZE units fit into 32-bit (so that various multiplications fit into 64-bits). If limits end up being larger, we will hit overflows, possible divisions by 0 etc. Fix these problems by never allowing so large dirty limits as they have dubious practical value anyway. For dirty_bytes / dirty_background_bytes interfaces we can just refuse to set so large limits. For dirty_ratio / dirty_background_ratio it isn't so simple as the dirty limit is computed from the amount of available memory which can change due to memory hotplug etc. So when converting dirty limits from ratios to numbers of pages, we just don't allow the result to exceed UINT_MAX.

This is root-only triggerable problem which occurs when the operator sets dirty limits to >16 TB.

CVSS v3
4.4
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
15.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 30, 2024

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

References (15)

Patch Availability(28)

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ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.121.121) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.121.131~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-host (5.15.0-1035.39) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1072.70) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1067.73~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-edge (5.15.0.1072.81~20.04.1.49) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1014.14) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.200.220~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi (6.8.0-1014.16) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-24.04a (6.8.0-1016.16) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.4.0-1054 (5.4.0-1054.58) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.8.0-48.48) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.4.0.1134.143~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (6.8.0-1017.19.1) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-bluefield (5.4.0.1094.90) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (6.8.0-1017.20~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-64k (6.8.0-1015.16) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi2-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.1119.149) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-iot (5.4.0.1044.42) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gke (6.8.0-1013.17) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-24.04-edge (6.8.0-48.48.3) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gkeop-6.8 (6.8.0-1002.4) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.rt7.363.el8_102024-09-24redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_102024-09-24redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_42024-09-11redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.el9_22024-09-04redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.82.1.rt14.367.el9_22024-09-04redhat
linuxKernel @ 4.19.320osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-42131?
CVE-2024-42131 is a medium vulnerability published on July 30, 2024. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: avoid overflows in dirty throttling logic The dirty throttling logic is interspersed with assumptions that dirty limits in PAGE_SIZE units fit into 32-bit (so that various multiplications fit into 64-bits). If limits end up…
When was CVE-2024-42131 disclosed?
CVE-2024-42131 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 30, 2024, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-42131 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-42131 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 15.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-42131?
CVE-2024-42131 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 5.5.
How do I remediate CVE-2024-42131?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-42131, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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