CVE-2024-40901 — Out-of-bounds Write in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.5OSV5.3
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 12
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: mpt3sas: Avoid test/set_bit() operating in non-allocated memory
There is a potential out-of-bounds access when using test_bit() on a single
word. The test_bit() and set_bit() functions operate on long values, and
when testing or setting a single word, they can exceed the word
boundary. KASAN detects this issue and produces a dump:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _scsih_add_device.constprop.0 (./arch/x86/include/asm/bi…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxc696f7b83edeac804e898952058089143f49ca0a — e9bce7c751f6d6c7be88c0bc081a66aaf61a23ee+8
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
23OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2024-10-15