CVE-2024-27413

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi/capsule-loader: fix incorrect allocation size gcc-14 notices that the allocation with sizeof(void) on 32-bit architectures is not enough for a 64-bit phys_addr_t: drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c: In function 'efi_capsule_open': drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c:295:24: error: allocation of insufficient size '4' for type 'phys_addr_t' {aka 'long long unsigned int'} with size '8' [-Werror=alloc-size] 295 | cap_info->phys = kzalloc(sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL); | ^ Use the correct type instead here.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 17, 2024
First seenMay 17, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel4.15, 4.19.309, 5.4.271, 5.10.212, 5.15.151, 6.1.81, 6.6.21, 6.7.9 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel4.14.13 ≤ v < 4.15, 4.15.1 ≤ v < 4.19.309, 4.20 ≤ v < 5.4.271, 5.5 ≤ v < 5.10.212, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.151, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.81, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.6.21, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.7.9, 4.15, 6.84.15, 4.19.309, 5.4.271, 5.10.212, 5.15.151, 6.1.81, 6.6.21, 6.7.9
debian debian_linux10.0—

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