PT-2024-7822 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Samuel Thibault

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Published

2024-04-11

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Updated

2025-12-23

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CVE-2024-26994

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue is related to the speakup component in the Linux kernel, which can cause a crash when a console is set up with a very large size and contains a word longer than 256 characters. This can lead to a denial of service. The vulnerability is associated with memory corruption in the get word() function.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-09322
CVE-2024-26994
DLA-3840-1
DLA-3842-1
DSA-5680-1
DSA-5681-1
MGASA-2024-0263
MGASA-2024-0266
OESA-2024-1677
OESA-2024-1678
OESA-2024-1682
SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1
USN-6893-1
USN-6893-2
USN-6893-3
USN-6896-1
USN-6896-2
USN-6896-3
USN-6896-4
USN-6896-5
USN-6898-1
USN-6898-2
USN-6898-3
USN-6898-4
USN-6917-1
USN-6918-1
USN-6919-1
USN-6927-1
USN-7019-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu