Vulnerability Details : CVE-2024-35878
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
of: module: prevent NULL pointer dereference in vsnprintf()
In of_modalias(), we can get passed the str and len parameters which would
cause a kernel oops in vsnprintf() since it only allows passing a NULL ptr
when the length is also 0. Also, we need to filter out the negative values
of the len parameter as these will result in a really huge buffer since
snprintf() takes size_t parameter while ours is ssize_t...
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the Svace static
analysis tool.
Vulnerability category: Memory Corruption
Products affected by CVE-2024-35878
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-35878
0.20%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 42 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2024-35878
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.3
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
3.9
|
1.4
|
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | 2024-11-12 |
CWE ids for CVE-2024-35878
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The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.Assigned by: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
References for CVE-2024-35878
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1aa5390cc912934fee76ce80af5f940452fa987
of: module: prevent NULL pointer dereference in vsnprintf() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4a449368a2ce6d57a775d0ead27fc07f5a86e5b
of: module: prevent NULL pointer dereference in vsnprintf() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/544561dc56f7e69a053c25e11e6170f48bb97898
of: module: prevent NULL pointer dereference in vsnprintf() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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