CVE-2024-42259 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 14
Latest updateJan 9
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/i915/gem: Fix Virtual Memory mapping boundaries calculation
Calculating the size of the mapped area as the lesser value
between the requested size and the actual size does not consider
the partial mapping offset. This can cause page fault access.
Fix the calculation of the starting and ending addresses, the
total size is now deduced from the difference between the end and
start addresses.
Additionally, the calculations h…
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 Packages10 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxc58305af1835095ddc25ee6f548ac05915e66ac5 — 3e06073d24807f04b4694108a8474decb7b99e60+8