Improper Input Validation Affecting kernel-rt-trace-kvm package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTTRACEKVM-8586389
  • published31 Dec 2024
  • disclosed27 Dec 2024

Introduced: 27 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-53189  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-rt-trace-kvm.

NVD Description

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

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

wifi: nl80211: fix bounds checker error in nl80211_parse_sched_scan

The channels array in the cfg80211_scan_request has a __counted_by attribute attached to it, which points to the n_channels variable. This attribute is used in bounds checking, and if it is not set before the array is filled, then the bounds sanitizer will issue a warning or a kernel panic if CONFIG_UBSAN_TRAP is set.

This patch sets the size of allocated memory as the initial value for n_channels. It is updated with the actual number of added elements after the array is filled.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1