CVE-2024-38585
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tools/nolibc/stdlib: fix memory error in realloc() Pass user_p_len to memcpy() instead of heap->len to prevent realloc() from copying an extra sizeof(heap) bytes from beyond the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tools/nolibc/stdlib: fix memory error in realloc() Pass user_p_len to memcpy() instead of heap->len to prevent realloc() from copying an extra sizeof(heap) bytes from beyond the allocated region.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e6f225aefeb712cdb870176b6621f02cf235b8cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5996b2b2dac739f2a27da13de8eee5b85b2550b3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/791f4641142e2aced85de082e5783b4fb0b977c2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8019d3dd921f39a237a9fab6d2ce716bfac0f983Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f678c3c336559cf3255a32153e9a17c1be4e7c15Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e6f225aefeb712cdb870176b6621f02cf235b8cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5996b2b2dac739f2a27da13de8eee5b85b2550b3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/791f4641142e2aced85de082e5783b4fb0b977c2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8019d3dd921f39a237a9fab6d2ce716bfac0f983Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f678c3c336559cf3255a32153e9a17c1be4e7c15Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.