Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2024-36975
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KEYS: trusted: Do not use WARN when encode fails When asn1_encode_sequence() fails, WARN is not the correct solution. 1. asn1_encode_sequence() is not an internal function (located in lib/asn1_encode.c). 2. Location is known, which makes the stack trace useless. 3. Results a crash if panic_on_warn is set. It is also noteworthy that the use of WARN is undocumented, and it should be avoided unless there is a carefully considered rationale to use it. Replace WARN with pr_err, and print the return value instead, which is only useful piece of information.
EPSS: 0.002 (11.6th 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 f2219745250f388edacabe6cca73654131c67d0a, 5.13, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-36975?
- CVE-2024-36975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-06-18.
- How severe is CVE-2024-36975?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.