CVE-2024-38560

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-06-19

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nscsi: bfa: Ensure the copied buf is NUL terminated\nCurrently, we allocate a nbytes-sized kernel buffer and copy nbytes from\nuserspace to that buffer. Later, we use sscanf on this buffer but we don't\nensure that the string is terminated inside the buffer, this can lead to\nOOB read when using sscanf. Fix this issue by using memdup_user_nul instead\nof memdup_user.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	5.1
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	High
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality:	Low
Integrity:	None
Availability:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12851	2024-11-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12581	2024-08-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12611	2024-09-11
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12851	2024-11-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2024-12585	2024-08-12
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12581	2024-08-12
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek-container)	ELSA-2024-12584	2024-08-12
Oracle VM version 3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2024-0016	2024-12-03