CVE-2024-38579 Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.14.2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-SLES156-KERNELSYMS-7553606
- published 23 Jul 2024
- disclosed 22 Jul 2024
Introduced: 22 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-38579 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-syms to version 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-syms package and not the kernel-syms 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:
crypto: bcm - Fix pointer arithmetic
In spu2_dump_omd() value of ptr is increased by ciph_key_len instead of hash_iv_len which could lead to going beyond the buffer boundaries. Fix this bug by changing ciph_key_len to hash_iv_len.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38579.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1226637
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b3460cbf454c6b03d7429e9ffc4fe09322eb1a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b7a40740f04e2f27114dfd6225c5e721dda9d57
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49833a8da6407e7e9b532cc4054fdbcaf78f5fdd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0082ee420639a97e40cae66778b02b341b005e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c256b616067bfd6d274c679c06986b78d2402434
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c69a1e4b419c2c466dd8c5602bdebadc353973dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0f14ae223c2421b334c1f1a9e48f1e809aee3a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e719c8991c161977a67197775067ab456b518c7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebed0d666fa709bae9e8cafa8ec6e7ebd1d318c6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html