CVE-2024-56769Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV6.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 6
Latest updateMay 29

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvb-frontends: dib3000mb: fix uninit-value in dib3000_write_reg Syzbot reports [1] an uninitialized value issue found by KMSAN in dib3000_read_reg(). Local u8 rb[2] is used in i2c_transfer() as a read buffer; in case that call fails, the buffer may end up with some undefined values. Since no elaborate error handling is expected in dib3000_write_reg(), simply zero out rb buffer to mitigate the problem. [1] Syzkaller r

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

NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.196.1.123+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.234-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-211.231+2
CVEListV5linux/linux74340b0a8bc60b400c7e5fe4950303aa6f914d16035772fcd631eee2756b31cb6df249c0a8d453d7+7
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.123-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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