CVE-2024-42247

CVE Details

Release Date:	2024-08-07
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nwireguard: allowedips: avoid unaligned 64-bit memory accesses\nOn the parisc platform, the kernel issues kernel warnings because\nswap_endian() tries to load a 128-bit IPv6 address from an unaligned\nmemory location:\nKernel: unaligned access to 0x55f4688c in wg_allowedips_insert_v6+0x2c/0x80 [wireguard] (iir 0xf3010df)\nKernel: unaligned access to 0x55f46884 in wg_allowedips_insert_v6+0x38/0x80 [wireguard] (iir 0xf2010dc)\nAvoid such unaligned memory accesses by instead using the\nget_unaligned_be64() helper macro.\n[Jason: replace src[8] in original patch with src+8]

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

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	4.4
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	High
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	High

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