CVE-2024-57911Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux

Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
OSV7.8OSV6.2OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 19
Latest updateMay 29

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: dummy: iio_simply_dummy_buffer: fix information leak in triggered buffer The 'data' array is allocated via kmalloc() and it is used to push data to user space from a triggered buffer, but it does not set values for inactive channels, as it only uses iio_for_each_active_channel() to assign new values. Use kzalloc for the memory allocation to avoid pushing uninitialized information to userspace.

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

Affected Packages6 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.55.4.290+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.234-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-211.231+2
CVEListV5linux/linux415f792447572ef1949a3cef5119bbce8cc6637303fa47621bf8fcbf5994c5716021527853f9af3d+7
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.128-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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