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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELRTTRACEKVM-8606842
  • published9 Jan 2025
  • disclosed6 Jan 2025

Introduced: 6 Jan 2025

CVE-2024-56763  (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:

tracing: Prevent bad count for tracing_cpumask_write

If a large count is provided, it will trigger a warning in bitmap_parse_user. Also check zero for it.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1