CVE-2024-36920 Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-KERNELDOC-8093443
  • published25 Sept 2024
  • disclosed24 Sept 2024

Introduced: 24 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-36920  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:7000.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

scsi: mpi3mr: Avoid memcpy field-spanning write WARNING

When the "storcli2 show" command is executed for eHBA-9600, mpi3mr driver prints this WARNING message:

memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 128) of single field "bsg_reply_buf->reply_buf" at drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_app.c:1658 (size 1) WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 12760 at drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_app.c:1658 mpi3mr_bsg_request+0x6b12/0x7f10 [mpi3mr]

The cause of the WARN is 128 bytes memcpy to the 1 byte size array "__u8 replay_buf[1]" in the struct mpi3mr_bsg_in_reply_buf. The array is intended to be a flexible length array, so the WARN is a false positive.

To suppress the WARN, remove the constant number '1' from the array declaration and clarify that it has flexible length. Also, adjust the memory allocation size to match the change.

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