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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-devel package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-KERNELDEVEL-8305216
  • published 25 Oct 2024
  • disclosed 16 Oct 2024
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Introduced: 16 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-36978 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-devel to version 0:5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:8162.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel package and not the kernel-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:

net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in multiq_tune()

q->bands will be assigned to qopt->bands to execute subsequent code logic after kmalloc. So the old q->bands should not be used in kmalloc. Otherwise, an out-of-bounds write will occur.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

5.5 medium
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SUSE

6.1 medium