CVE-2024-36957

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: avoid off-by-one read from userspace We try to access count + 1 byte from userspace with memdup_user(buffer, count + 1). However, the userspace only provides buffer of count bytes and only these count bytes are verified to be okay to access. To ensure the copied buffer is NUL terminated, we use memdup_user_nul instead.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 30, 2024
First seenMay 30, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.10.217, 5.15.159, 6.1.91, 6.6.31, 6.8.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.10.20 ≤ v < 5.10.217, 5.11.3 ≤ v < 5.15.159, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.91, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.6.31, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.8.10, 6.95.10.217, 5.15.159, 6.1.91, 6.6.31, 6.8.10
debian debian_linux10.0—

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CVE-2024-36957 · Linux Kernel · Dark Radar