CVE-2024-23851

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Linux
Status
Linux Kernel
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 January 2024

Summary

copy_params in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.1 can attempt to allocate more than INT_MAX bytes, and crash, because of a missing param_kernel->data_size check. This is related to ctl_ioctl.

References

https://www.spinics.net/lists/dm-devel/msg56574.html
https://www.spinics.net/lists/dm-devel/msg56694.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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