CVE-2024-25739
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
create_empty_lvol in drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.4 can attempt to allocate zero bytes, and crash, because of a missing check for ubi->leb_size.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | kernel-doc-4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.7.12-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.7.12-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.7.12-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.10.216-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.1.85-1 |
Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | — |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9315
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=68a24aba7c593eafa8fd00f2f76407b9b32b47a9
- https://groups.google.com/g/syzkaller/c/Xl97YcQA4hg
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
- https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c?h=v6.6.24&id=d1b505c988b7
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg5074816.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RXSA-2024:5101
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:5102
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:5101
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-25739.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-25739
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5101
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2263879
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265645
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265650
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265797
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266341
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266347
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266497
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266594
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2267787
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2268118
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2269070
CWEs
CWE-754
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