Vulnerability identifier: #VU90755

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-2024-35806

CWE-ID: CWE-667

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 improper locking within the qm_congestion_task() and qman_create_cgr() functions in drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.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/b56a793f267679945d1fdb9a280013bd2d0ed7f9
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62c3ecd2833cff0eff4a82af4082c44ca8d2518a
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd199e5b759ffe349622a4b8fbcafc51fc51b1ec
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6378314bb920acb39013051fa65d8f9f8030430
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a62168653774c36398d65846a98034436ee66d03
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e6521b0f93ff350434ed4ae61a250907e65d397
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/276af8efb05c8e47acf2738a5609dd72acfc703f
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af25c5180b2b1796342798f6c56fcfd12f5035bd
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/584c2a9184a33a40fceee838f856de3cffa19be3

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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.