CVE-2024-36019 Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELHEADERS-7944979
  • published 13 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 30 May 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-headers to version 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-6567.

NVD Description

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

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

regmap: maple: Fix cache corruption in regcache_maple_drop()

When keeping the upper end of a cache block entry, the entry[] array must be indexed by the offset from the base register of the block, i.e. max - mas.index.

The code was indexing entry[] by only the register address, leading to an out-of-bounds access that copied some part of the kernel memory over the cache contents.

This bug was not detected by the regmap KUnit test because it only tests with a block of registers starting at 0, so mas.index == 0.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

5.1 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

6.6 medium