CVE-2024-49881

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2024-10-21. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

ext4: update orig_path in ext4_find_extent()

In ext4_find_extent(), if the path is not big enough, we free it and set *orig_path to NULL. But after reallocating and successfully initializing the path, we don't update *orig_path, in which case the caller gets a valid path but a NULL ppath, and this may cause a NULL pointer dereference or a path memory leak. For example:

ext4_split_extent path = *ppath = 2000 ext4_find_extent if (depth > path[0].p_maxdepth) kfree(path = 2000); *orig_path = path = NULL; path = kcalloc() = 3000 ext4_split_extent_at(*ppath = NULL) path = *ppath; ex = path[depth].p_ext; // NULL pointer dereference!

================================================================== BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010 CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 576 Comm: fsstress Not tainted 6.11.0-rc2-dirty #847 RIP: 0010:ext4_split_extent_at+0x6d/0x560 Call Trace: ext4_split_extent.isra.0+0xcb/0x1b0 ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized+0x168/0x6c0 ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents+0x325/0x4d0 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x520/0xdb0 ext4_map_blocks+0x2b0/0x690 ext4_iomap_begin+0x20e/0x2c0 [...] ==================================================================

Therefore, *orig_path is updated when the extent lookup succeeds, so that the caller can safely use path or *ppath.

CVSS v3
5.5
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
16.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 21, 2024

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

References (10)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-49881(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(24)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.127.126) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1073.73) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.127.137~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iotg (5.15.0.1071.71) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-hwe-24.04-edge (6.11.0-1005.5) @ oracular2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1025.30) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1078.76) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (5.15.0.1078.87~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-host (5.15.0-1039.43) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gkeop-6.8 (6.8.0-1006.8) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-24.04b (6.11.0-1015.15) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1023.25) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-24.04a (6.8.0-1024.24) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1022.22) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.11.0-18.18) @ oracular2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual (6.8.0-54.56) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (6.8.0-1022.25.2) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1020.21) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-nvidia (6.8.0-1014.15) @ noble2026-05-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-23ubuntu
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_62025-05-13redhat
linuxKernel @ 4.19.323—osv

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)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(23)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-49881?
CVE-2024-49881 is a medium vulnerability published on October 21, 2024. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: update origpath in ext4find_extent() In ext4findextent(), if the path is not big enough, we free it and set *orig_path to NULL. But after reallocating and successfully initializing the path, we don't update *orig_path, in…
When was CVE-2024-49881 disclosed?
CVE-2024-49881 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 21, 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-2024-49881 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-49881 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 16.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-49881?
CVE-2024-49881 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-49881?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-49881, 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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