CVE-2024-42247

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-08-07

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]

See more information about CVE-2024-42247 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS Scoring

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.1 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

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

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12618	2024-09-12
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2024-12618	2024-09-12