Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.22.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-SLES156-KERNELSYMS-8075893
- published 24 Sep 2024
- disclosed 23 Sep 2024
Introduced: 23 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-40994 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-syms to version 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1 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:
ptp: fix integer overflow in max_vclocks_store
On 32bit systems, the "4 * max" multiply can overflow. Use kcalloc() to do the allocation to prevent this.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40994.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1227829
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1228587
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b03da87d0b7074c93d9662c6e1a8939f9b8b86e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/666e934d749e50a37f3796caaf843a605f115b6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81d23d2a24012e448f651e007fac2cfd20a45ce0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d50d62d5e6ee6aa03c00bddb91745d0b632d3b0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1fccfb4638ee6188377867f6015d0ce35764a8e
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