CVE-2024-45008 — Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 4
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: MT - limit max slots
syzbot is reporting too large allocation at input_mt_init_slots(), for
num_slots is supplied from userspace using ioctl(UI_DEV_CREATE).
Since nobody knows possible max slots, this patch chose 1024.
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 Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc — 2829c80614890624456337e47320289112785f3e+8