Improper Validation of Array Index Affecting kernel-64k-debug-devel package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-KERNEL64KDEBUGDEVEL-8325454
  • published4 Nov 2024
  • disclosed24 Sept 2024

Introduced: 24 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-38562  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-129  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-64k-debug-devel to version 0:5.14.0-427.37.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:6997.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-debug-devel package and not the kernel-64k-debug-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

wifi: nl80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array indexing

Before request->channels[] can be used, request->n_channels must be set. Additionally, address calculations for memory after the "channels" array need to be calculated from the allocation base ("request") rather than via the first "out of bounds" index of "channels", otherwise run-time bounds checking will throw a warning.

CVSS Scores

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