# CVE-2024-35787: md/md-bitmap: fix incorrect usage for sb_index

> A logic error in the Linux kernel's md-bitmap module causes crashes in clustered environments due to incorrect slot offset handling.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 May 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-35787, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35787, GHSA-5xh2-79x5-2x6c, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35787

## What is CVE-2024-35787?

CVE-2024-35787 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

md/md-bitmap: fix incorrect usage for sb_index

Commit d7038f951828 ("md-bitmap: don't use ->index for pages backing the
bitmap file") removed page->index from bitmap code, but left wrong code
logic for clustered-md. current code never set slot offset for cluster
nodes, will sometimes cause crash in clustered env.

Call trace (partly):
 md_bitmap_file_set_bit+0x110/0x1d8 [md_mod]
 md_bitmap_startwrite+0x13c/0x240 [md_mod]
 raid1_make_request+0x6b0/0x1c08 [raid1]
 md_handle_request+0x1dc/0x368 [md_mod]
 md_submit_bio+0x80/0xf8 [md_mod]
 __submit_bio+0x178/0x300
 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x11c/0x338
 submit_bio_noacct+0x134/0x614
 submit_bio+0x28/0xdc
 submit_bh_wbc+0x130/0x1cc
 submit_bh+0x1c/0x28

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35787?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-35787?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-35787 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35787 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-35787 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-35787 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35787 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35787/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35787/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35787
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35787
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-35787

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