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CVE-2024-49975 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uprobes: fix kernel info leak via "[uprobes]" vma xol_add_vma() maps the uninitialized page allocated by __create_xol_area() into userspace. On some architectures (x86) this memory is readable even without VM_READ, VM_EXEC results in the same pgprot_t as VM_EXEC|VM_READ, although this doesn't really matter, debugger can read this memory anyway.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21cb47db1ec9765f91304763a24565ddc22d2492 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24141df5a8615790950deedd926a44ddf1dfd6d8 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2aa45f43709ba2082917bd2973d02687075b6eee Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34820304cc2cd1804ee1f8f3504ec77813d29c8e Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b981d8335e18aef7908a068529a3287258ff6d8 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9634e8dc964a4adafa7e1535147abd7ec29441a6 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f31f92107e5a8ecc8902705122c594e979a351fe
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f561b48d633ac2e7d0d667020fc634a96ade33a0 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe5e9182d3e227476642ae2b312e2356c4d326a3

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-49975
NVD Published Date:
10/21/2024
NVD Last Modified:
11/08/2024
Source:
kernel.org