CVE-2024-26946 Affecting kernel-zfcpdump-modules package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELZFCPDUMPMODULES-6753688
  • published2 May 2024
  • disclosed1 May 2024

Introduced: 1 May 2024

CVE-2024-26946  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-zfcpdump-modules to version 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:6567.

NVD Description

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

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

kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address

Read from an unsafe address with copy_from_kernel_nofault() in arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() because this function is used before checking the address is in text or not. Syzcaller bot found a bug and reported the case if user specifies inaccessible data area, arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() will cause a kernel panic.

[ mingo: Clarified the comment. ]

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