CVE-2024-36917 Affecting kernel-source-azure package, versions <6.4.0-150600.8.8.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-KERNELSOURCEAZURE-7680673
  • published14 Aug 2024
  • disclosed13 Aug 2024

Introduced: 13 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-36917  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-source-azure to version 6.4.0-150600.8.8.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-source-azure package and not the kernel-source-azure package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

block: fix overflow in blk_ioctl_discard()

There is no check for overflow of 'start + len' in blk_ioctl_discard(). Hung task occurs if submit an discard ioctl with the following param: start = 0x80000000000ff000, len = 0x8000000000fff000; Add the overflow validation now.

CVSS Scores

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