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CVE-2024-35911NVD status: Analyzed

Linux: Out-of-bounds Write

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CVE-2024-35911 is a high-severity out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Linux, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. The record lists versions e40a02f06ceb0e0b0183e0b973ac5dbf8f75edec, 11ff8392943e08a35cb0aa19d638b02db745f170, 1cb7fdb1dfde1aab66780b4ba44dba6402172111 as the first without the flaw, so updating Linux to one of those releases or later removes the exposure. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.

Next patch cycle

High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.

What to do

  1. Update Linux to e40a02f06ceb0e0b0183e0b973ac5dbf8f75edec or 11ff8392943e08a35cb0aa19d638b02db745f170 or 1cb7fdb1dfde1aab66780b4ba44dba6402172111 or 6.5, whichever matches your release line, or a later version.
  2. Update Linux Kernel to 6.5 or 6.6.26 or 6.8.5, whichever matches your release line, or a later version.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed in
LinuxLinuxb3e7b3a6ee92ab927f750a6b19615ce88ece808f up to, but not including, e40a02f06ceb0e0b0183e0b973ac5dbf8f75edec; b3e7b3a6ee92ab927f750a6b19615ce88ece808f up to, but not including, 11ff8392943e08a35cb0aa19d638b02db745f170; b3e7b3a6ee92ab927f750a6b19615ce88ece808f up to, but not including, 1cb7fdb1dfde1aab66780b4ba44dba6402172111; ca03b327224ed6be2d07f42ee6ee1cdd586cfd5b; 6.4.7 up to, but not including, 6.5; 6.5e40a02f06ceb0e0b0183e0b973ac5dbf8f75edec, 11ff8392943e08a35cb0aa19d638b02db745f170, 1cb7fdb1dfde1aab66780b4ba44dba6402172111, 6.5
LinuxLinux Kernel6.4.7 up to, but not including, 6.5; 6.5.1 up to, but not including, 6.6.26; 6.7 up to, but not including, 6.8.5; 6.5; 6.96.5, 6.6.26, 6.8.5

Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.

How the severity score breaks down

Attack vector
LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
Attack complexity
LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
Privileges required
LowA basic user account is enough.
User interaction
NoneNo action by a victim is required.
Scope
UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality
HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
Integrity
HighData or code can be modified at will.
Availability
HighThe component can be taken down completely.

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by NVD.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix memory corruption bug with suspend and rebuild The ice driver would previously panic after suspend. This is caused from the driver *only* calling the ice_vsi_free_q_vectors() function by itself, when it is suspending. Since commit b3e7b3a6ee92 ("ice: prevent NULL pointer deref during reload") the driver has zeroed out num_q_vectors, and only restored it in ice_vsi_cfg_def(). This further causes the ice_rebuild() function to allocate a zero length buffer, after which num_q_vectors is updated, and then the new value of num_q_vectors is used to index into the zero length buffer, which corrupts memory. The fix entails making sure all the code referencing num_q_vectors only does so after it has been reset via ice_vsi_cfg_def(). I didn't perform a full bisect, but I was able to test against 6.1.77 kernel and that ice driver works fine for suspend/resume with no panic, so sometime since then, this problem was introduced. Also clean up an un-needed init of a local variable in the function being modified. PANIC from 6.8.0-rc1: [1026674.915596] PM: suspend exit [1026675.664697] ice 0000:17:00.1: PTP reset successful [1026675.664707] ice 0000:17:00.1: 2755 msecs passed between update to cached PHC time [1026675.667660] ice 0000:b1:00.0: PTP reset successful [1026675.675944] ice 0000:b1:00.0: 2832 msecs passed between update to cached PHC time [1026677.137733] ixgbe 0000:31:00.0 ens787: NIC Link is Up 1 Gbps, Flow Control: None [1026677.190201] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010 [1026677.192753] ice 0000:17:00.0: PTP reset successful [1026677.192764] ice 0000:17:00.0: 4548 msecs passed between update to cached PHC time [1026677.197928] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [1026677.197933] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [1026677.197937] PGD 1557a7067 P4D 0 [1026677.212133] ice 0000:b1:00.1: PTP reset successful [1026677.212143] ice 0000:b1:00.1: 4344 msecs passed between update to cached PHC time [1026677.212575] [1026677.243142] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [1026677.247918] CPU: 23 PID: 42790 Comm: kworker/23:0 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.8.0-rc1+ #1 [1026677.257989] Hardware name: Intel Corporation M50CYP2SBSTD/M50CYP2SBSTD, BIOS SE5C620.86B.01.01.0005.2202160810 02/16/2022 [1026677.269367] Workqueue: ice ice_service_task [ice] [1026677.274592] RIP: 0010:ice_vsi_rebuild_set_coalesce+0x130/0x1e0 [ice] [1026677.281421] Code: 0f 84 3a ff ff ff 41 0f b7 74 ec 02 66 89 b0 22 02 00 00 81 e6 ff 1f 00 00 e8 ec fd ff ff e9 35 ff ff ff 48 8b 43 30 49 63 ed <41> 0f b7 34 24 41 83 c5 01 48 8b 3c e8 66 89 b7 aa 02 00 00 81 e6 [1026677.300877] RSP: 0018:ff3be62a6399bcc0 EFLAGS: 00010202 [1026677.306556] RAX: ff28691e28980828 RBX: ff28691e41099828 RCX: 0000000000188000 [1026677.314148] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000010 RDI: ff28691e41099828 [1026677.321730] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [1026677.329311] R10: 0000000000000007 R11: ffffffffffffffc0 R12: 0000000000000010 [1026677.336896] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ff28691e0eaa81a0 [1026677.344472] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff28693cbffc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [1026677.353000] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [1026677.359195] CR2: 0000000000000010 CR3: 0000000128df4001 CR4: 0000000000771ef0 [1026677.366779] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [1026677.374369] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [1026677.381952] PKRU: 55555554 [1026677.385116] Call Trace: [1026677.388023] <TASK> [1026677.390589] ? __die+0x20/0x70 [1026677.394105] ? page_fault_oops+0x82/0x160 [1026677.398576] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x65/0x6a0 [1026677.403307] ? exc_page_fault+0x6a/0x150 [1026677.407694] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [1026677.412349] ? ice_vsi_rebuild_set_coalesce+0x130/0x1e0 [ice] [1026677.4186 ---truncated---

Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.

The underlying weakness: Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

How developers prevent this class of flaw

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid. For example, many languages that perform their own memory management, such as Java and Perl, are not subject to buffer overflows. Other languages, such as Ada and C#, typically provide overflow protection, but the protection can be disabled by the programmer. Be wary that a language's interface to native code may still be subject to overflows, even if the language itself is theoretically safe.
  • Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid. Examples include the Safe C String Library (SafeStr) by Messier and Viega, and the Strsafe.h library from Microsoft. These libraries provide safer versions of overflow-prone string-handling functions.
  • Use automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are offered by certain compilers or compiler extensions. Examples include: the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice, which provide various mechanisms including canary-based detection and range/index checking. D3-SFCV (Stack Frame Canary Validation) from D3FEND discusses canary-based detection in detail.

More Out-of-bounds Write vulnerabilities (CWE-787)

Timeline

  1. CVE record published.
  2. CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: partial).
  3. Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).

References

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