CVE-2024-36016 Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONX8664-7785163
  • published 22 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 29 May 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 to version 0:4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:5101.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package and not the kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

tty: n_gsm: fix possible out-of-bounds in gsm0_receive()

Assuming the following:

  • side A configures the n_gsm in basic option mode
  • side B sends the header of a basic option mode frame with data length 1
  • side A switches to advanced option mode
  • side B sends 2 data bytes which exceeds gsm->len Reason: gsm->len is not used in advanced option mode.
  • side A switches to basic option mode
  • side B keeps sending until gsm0_receive() writes past gsm->buf Reason: Neither gsm->state nor gsm->len have been reset after reconfiguration.

Fix this by changing gsm->count to gsm->len comparison from equal to less than. Also add upper limit checks against the constant MAX_MRU in gsm0_receive() and gsm1_receive() to harden against memory corruption of gsm->len and gsm->mru.

All other checks remain as we still need to limit the data according to the user configuration and actual payload size.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

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

6.7 medium