A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.94/6.6.33/6.9.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function __vmalloc_area_node of the component vmalloc. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-39474. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.