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CVE-2024-36957 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: avoid off-by-one read from userspace We try to access count + 1 byte from userspace with memdup_user(buffer, count + 1). However, the userspace only provides buffer of count bytes and only these count bytes are verified to be okay to access. To ensure the copied buffer is NUL terminated, we use memdup_user_nul instead.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a0285cee11c7dcc2657bcd456e469958a5009e7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f11fe3ea3fc261640cfc8a5addd838000407c67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcdac70adceb44373da204c3c297f2a98e13216e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec697fbd38cbe2eef0948b58673b146caa95402f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f299ee709fb45036454ca11e90cb2810fe771878
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc3e0076c1f82fe981d321e3a7bad4cbee542c19
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00019.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-36957
NVD Published Date:
05/30/2024
NVD Last Modified:
06/27/2024
Source:
kernel.org