Vulnerability identifier: #VU90267

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [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-2024-36931

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor: Linux Foundation

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 crw_inject_write() function in drivers/s390/cio/cio_inject.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel:

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External links
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9d48ce163305595ae20aee27774192476d5e6a5
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10452edd175fcc4fd0f5ac782ed2a002e3e5d65c
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84b38f48836662c4bfae646c014f4e981e16a2b2
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06759ebaf75c19c87b2453a5e130e9e61e9b5d65
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da7c622cddd4fe36be69ca61e8c42e43cde94784

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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.