Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting kernel-rt-debug-kvm package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTDEBUGKVM-7523536
  • published17 Jul 2024
  • disclosed12 Jul 2024

Introduced: 12 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-40994  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-rt-debug-kvm.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-debug-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-debug-kvm package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ptp: fix integer overflow in max_vclocks_store

On 32bit systems, the "4 * max" multiply can overflow. Use kcalloc() to do the allocation to prevent this.

CVSS Scores

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