VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-40994
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: fix integer overflow in max_vclocks_store On 32bit systems, the "4 * max" multiply can overflow.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.28%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). 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: ptp: fix integer overflow in max_vclocks_store On 32bit systems, the "4 * max" multiply can overflow. Use kcalloc() to do the allocation to prevent this.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 20th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b03da87d0b7074c93d9662c6e1a8939f9b8b86ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/666e934d749e50a37f3796caaf843a605f115b6fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81d23d2a24012e448f651e007fac2cfd20a45ce0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d50d62d5e6ee6aa03c00bddb91745d0b632d3b0fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1fccfb4638ee6188377867f6015d0ce35764a8ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b03da87d0b7074c93d9662c6e1a8939f9b8b86ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/666e934d749e50a37f3796caaf843a605f115b6fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81d23d2a24012e448f651e007fac2cfd20a45ce0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d50d62d5e6ee6aa03c00bddb91745d0b632d3b0fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1fccfb4638ee6188377867f6015d0ce35764a8ePatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.