CVE-2024-38381 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
OSV7.8OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 21
Latest updateSep 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfc: nci: Fix uninit-value in nci_rx_work
syzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue [1]
nci_rx_work() parses received packet from ndev->rx_q. It should be
validated header size, payload size and total packet size before
processing the packet. If an invalid packet is detected, it should be
silently discarded.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2