Buffer overflow in Linux
CVE-2024-26843
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size md_size will have been narrowed if we have >= 4GB worth of pages in a soft-reserved region.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (12.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Linux — versions 16993c0f0a43213e23666ea40e9163887f593ac7, 5.5, 0
- Linux Kernel — versions 6.8
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-26843?
- CVE-2024-26843 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2024-04-17.
- How severe is CVE-2024-26843?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.