Vulnerability identifier: #VU93402

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-2024-38606

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 validate_tl_data() and adf_tl_run() functions in drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_telemetry.c, within the adf_gen4_init_tl_data() function in drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/adf_gen4_tl.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/e57ed345e2e6043629fc74aa5be051415dcc4f77
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b284b915e2a5e63ca133353f8c456eff4446f82
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/483fd65ce29317044d1d00757e3fd23503b6b04c

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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.