CVE-2024-26973
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fat: fix uninitialized field in nostale filehandles When fat_encode_fh_nostale() encodes file handle without a parent it stores only first 10 bytes of the file handle. However the length of the file handle must be a multiple of 4 so the file handle is actually 12 bytes long and the last two bytes remain uninitialized. This is not great at we potentially leak uninitialized information with the handle to userspace. Properly initialize the full handle length.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-908
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 4.19.312
- Linux Kernel < 5.4.274
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.215
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.154
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.84
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.24
- Linux Kernel < 6.7.12
- Linux Kernel < 6.8.3
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2024-26973.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2024-26973. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03a7e3f2ba3ca25f1da1d3898709a08db14c1abb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74f852654b8b7866f15323685f1e178d3386c688
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9840d1897e28f8733cc1e38f97e044f987dc0a63
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a276c595c3a629170b0f052a3724f755d7c6adc6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fb63e807c6dadf7ecc1d43448c4f1711d7eeee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8cc05de8e6b5612b6e9f92c385c1a064b0db375
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdd33d54e789d229d6d5007cbf3f53965ca1a5c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f52d7663a10a1266a2d3871a6dd8fd111edc549f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde2497d2bc3a063d8af88b258dbadc86bd7b57c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03a7e3f2ba3ca25f1da1d3898709a08db14c1abb
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03a7e3f2ba3ca25f1da1d3898709a08db14c1abb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74f852654b8b7866f15323685f1e178d3386c688
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9840d1897e28f8733cc1e38f97e044f987dc0a63
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a276c595c3a629170b0f052a3724f755d7c6adc6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fb63e807c6dadf7ecc1d43448c4f1711d7eeee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8cc05de8e6b5612b6e9f92c385c1a064b0db375
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdd33d54e789d229d6d5007cbf3f53965ca1a5c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f52d7663a10a1266a2d3871a6dd8fd111edc549f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde2497d2bc3a063d8af88b258dbadc86bd7b57c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03a7e3f2ba3ca25f1da1d3898709a08db14c1abb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74f852654b8b7866f15323685f1e178d3386c688
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9840d1897e28f8733cc1e38f97e044f987dc0a63
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a276c595c3a629170b0f052a3724f755d7c6adc6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fb63e807c6dadf7ecc1d43448c4f1711d7eeee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8cc05de8e6b5612b6e9f92c385c1a064b0db375
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdd33d54e789d229d6d5007cbf3f53965ca1a5c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f52d7663a10a1266a2d3871a6dd8fd111edc549f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde2497d2bc3a063d8af88b258dbadc86bd7b57c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html