Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2024-38614
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openrisc: traps: Don't send signals to kernel mode threads OpenRISC exception handling sends signals to user processes on floating point exceptions and trap instructions (for debugging) among others. There is a bug where the trap handling logic may send signals to kernel threads, we should not send these signals to kernel threads, if that happens we treat it as an error. This patch adds conditions to die if the kernel receives these exceptions in kernel mode code.
EPSS: 0.002 (12.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 27267655c5313ba0f5a3caa9ad35d887d9a12574, 6.4, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-38614?
- CVE-2024-38614 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-06-19.
- How severe is CVE-2024-38614?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.