kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address (Linux Linux)

CVE-2024-26946
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 15 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address Read from an unsafe address with copy_from_kernel_nofault() in arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() because this function is used before checking the address is in text or not. Syzcaller bot found a bug and reported the case if user specifies inaccessible data area, arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() will cause a kernel panic. [ mingo: Clarified the comment. ]

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-617 — Reachable Assertion

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected cc66bb91457827f62e2b6cb2518666820f0a6c48 < 6417684315087904fffe8966d27ca74398c57dd6 ; affected cc66bb91457827f62e2b6cb2518666820f0a6c48 < f13edd1871d4fb4ab829aff629d47914e251bae3 ; affected cc66bb91457827f62e2b6cb2518666820f0a6c48 < 20fdb21eabaeb8f78f8f701f56d14ea0836ec861 ; affected cc66bb91457827f62e2b6cb2518666820f0a6c48 < b69f577308f1070004cafac106dd1a44099e5483 ; affected cc66bb91457827f62e2b6cb2518666820f0a6c48 < 4e51653d5d871f40f1bd5cf95cc7f2d8b33d063b
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.18 ; unaffected 0 < 5.18 ; unaffected 6.1.84 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.24 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.7.12 ≤ 6.7.* ; unaffected 6.8.3 ≤ 6.8.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD