Buffer overflow in Linux

CVE-2024-46688

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix out-of-bound access when z_erofs_gbuf_growsize() partially fails If z_erofs_gbuf_growsize() partially fails on a global buffer due to memory allocation failure or fault injection (as reported by syzbot [1]), new pages need to be freed by comparing to the existing pages to avoid memory leaks. However, the old gbuf->pages[] array may not be large enough, which can lead to null-ptr-deref or out-of-bound access. Fix this by checking against gbuf->nrpages in advance. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/000000000000f7b96e062018c6e3@google.com

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (10.1th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46688?
CVE-2024-46688 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2024-46688?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.