Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-36244

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: taprio: extend minimum interval restriction to entire cycle too It is possible for syzbot to side-step the restriction imposed by the blamed commit in the Fixes: tag, because the taprio UAPI permits a cycle-time different from (and potentially shorter than) the sum of entry intervals. We need one more restriction, which is that the cycle time itself must be larger than N * ETH_ZLEN bit times, where N is the number of schedule entries. This restriction needs to apply regardless of whether the cycle time came from the user or was the implicit, auto-calculated value, so we move the existing "cycle == 0" check outside the "if "(!new->cycle_time)" branch. This way covers both conditions and scenarios. Add a selftest which illustrates the issue triggered by syzbot.

EPSS: 0.002 (16.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 6.9.4, b5b73b26b3ca34574124ed7ae9c5ba8391a7f176, 5.4.68
  • Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.9, 6.10

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36244?
CVE-2024-36244 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-06-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-36244?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.