CVE-2024-26901 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized ResourceCWE-402 — Resource Leak49 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.0OSV6.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 91.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+4 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 17
Latest updateJul 31

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak syzbot identified a kernel information leak vulnerability in do_sys_name_to_handle() and issued the following report [1]. [1] "BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_user+0xbc/0x100 lib/usercopy.c:40 instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] _co…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.39 — 4.19.311+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.216-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-189.209+3

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

23
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities↗2024-07-31
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OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2024-07-26
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OSV
linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-iot vulnerabilities↗2024-07-23
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OSV
linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities↗2024-07-19
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OSV
linux-oracle, linux-xilinx-zynqmp vulnerabilities↗2024-07-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-07-31
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-07-26
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-07-23
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-07-19
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-07-17
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2024-26901 kernel: do_sys_name_to_handle(): use kzalloc() to fix kernel-infoleak↗2024-04-17
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