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CVE-2024-44938

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-44938 is a shift-out-of-bounds vulnerability in the Linux kernel's JFS filesystem, specifically within the dbDiscardAG function. This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service (A:H) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and low privileges (PR:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.6.47CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.7, < 6.10.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

autodeskpatch availablevia llm_extracted
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codesyspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
esphomepatch availablevia llm_extracted
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freepbxpatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
honeywellpatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19673-17086
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.180.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0

Vendor Advisories (7)

autodeskllm-autodesk-c365b674a2ff5a3aCRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8 Security Updates

Oct 27, 2025
honeywellllm-honeywell-c82b5cfda9df97a3CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8 Security Updates

Oct 27, 2025
freepbxllm-freepbx-e54908c7967265f6CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP8 Security Updates

Oct 27, 2025
esphomellm-esphome-ed450ce9fd6a7380CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP7 Security Updates

Jun 3, 2025
codesysllm-codesys-fe85e88fbae25bb9CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP7 Security Updates

Jun 3, 2025
redhatCVE-2024-44938Moderate

kernel: jfs: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dbDiscardAG

Aug 26, 2024
microsoft2024-Aug/CVE-2024-44938

jfs: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dbDiscardAG

Aug 13, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/234e6ea0855cdb5673d54ecaf7dc5c78f3e84630
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4de2c04c3acd5b84f50b0d2f8f09e9b2f42374b9
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7063b80268e2593e58bee8a8d709c2f3ff93e2f2
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bb7c605a754823b86dd74f6537ccb9d38a9dec5a
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bd04a149e3a29e7f71b7956ed41dba34e42d539e
Issue Tracking
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f650148b43949ca9e37e820804bb6026fff404f3
Patch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html