Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel ext4

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU94237

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40955

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the EXT4_ATTR_FUNC(), ext4_attr_show() and ext4_attr_store() functions in fs/ext4/sysfs.c, within the mb_avg_fragment_size_order() and ext4_mb_choose_next_group_best_avail() functions in fs/ext4/mballoc.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: All versions

CPE2.3

External links

http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/677ff4589f1501578fa903a25bb14831d0607992
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b829687ae1229224262bcabf49accfa2dbf8db06
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13df4d44a3aaabe61cd01d277b6ee23ead2a5206

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.