CVE-2024-36953NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV6.5OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 30
Latest updateJan 14

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: vgic-v2: Check for non-NULL vCPU in vgic_v2_parse_attr() vgic_v2_parse_attr() is responsible for finding the vCPU that matches the user-provided CPUID, which (of course) may not be valid. If the ID is invalid, kvm_get_vcpu_by_id() returns NULL, which isn't handled gracefully. Similar to the GICv3 uaccess flow, check that kvm_get_vcpu_by_id() actually returns something and fail the ioctl if not.

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 Packages5 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.75.10.217+5
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.218-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-202.222+3
CVEListV5linux/linux7d450e2821710718fd6703e9c486249cee913bab4404465a1bee3607ad90a4c5f9e16dfd75b85728+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.94-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

23
OSV
linux-azure-5.4 vulnerabilities2025-01-14
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities2025-01-09
OSV
linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities2025-01-06
OSV
linux-iot vulnerabilities2024-12-20
OSV
linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4 vulnerabilities2024-12-17

📋Vendor Advisories

23
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-01-14
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-01-09
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities2025-01-06
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities2024-12-20
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2024-12-17

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2024-36953 kernel: KVM: arm64: vgic-v2: Check for non-NULL vCPU in vgic_v2_parse_attr()2024-06-03