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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 30, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-36917

CVE-2024-36917

Description

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

block: fix overflow in blk_ioctl_discard()

There is no check for overflow of 'start + len' in blk_ioctl_discard(). Hung task occurs if submit an discard ioctl with the following param: start = 0x80000000000ff000, len = 0x8000000000fff000; Add the overflow validation now.

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