Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,6.8-rc4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-6282377
  • published27 Feb 2024
  • disclosed24 Feb 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-26603  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.8-rc4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer due to the reliance on userspace information to fault in the xsave buffer. An attacker can cause a denial of service by exploiting this reliance.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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