Fix Memory Corruption in Level-2 PBL Page Setup
CVE-2024-50208

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Linux

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 November 2024

What is CVE-2024-50208?

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

RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix a bug while setting up Level-2 PBL pages

Avoid memory corruption while setting up Level-2 PBL pages for the non MR resources when num_pages > 256K.

There will be a single PDE page address (contiguous pages in the case of > PAGE_SIZE), but, current logic assumes multiple pages, leading to invalid memory access after 256K PBL entries in the PDE.

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Affected Version(s)

Linux 0c4dcd602817502bb3dced7a834a13ef717d65a4

Linux 0c4dcd602817502bb3dced7a834a13ef717d65a4

Linux 0c4dcd602817502bb3dced7a834a13ef717d65a4

References

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

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