CVE-2024-57998 — Out-of-bounds Read in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV7.1OSV5.9OSV5.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateSep 3
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
OPP: add index check to assert to avoid buffer overflow in _read_freq()
Pass the freq index to the assert function to make sure
we do not read a freq out of the opp->rates[] table when called
from the indexed variants:
dev_pm_opp_find_freq_exact_indexed() or
dev_pm_opp_find_freq_ceil/floor_indexed().
Add a secondary parameter to the assert function, unused
for assert_single_clk() then add assert_clk_index() which
will check f…
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/linux92fcb46659d5dbfdad0422a503e289085990a5d0 — 774dd6f0f0a61c9c3848e025d7d9eeed1a7ca4cd+5
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
14OSV▶
linux-aws-6.8, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-07-22