PT-2024-8223 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6

Johan Carlsson · Published 2024-03-13 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2024-27436

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to the ALSA: usb-audio component in the Linux kernel. It occurs when a USB audio device sets more bits than the amount of channels, potentially allowing writing outside of the map array. This could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_12746

ALSA-2025_12752

ALSA-2025_12753

ALSA-2025_16880

BDU:2024-09767

CVE-2024-27436

DLA-3840-1

DLA-3842-1

INFSA-2024_9315

OESA-2024-1767

OESA-2024-2216

OESA-2024-2218

RHSA-2024:9315

RHSA-2024_9315

SUSE-SU-2024:1979-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1983-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2184-1

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-6816-1

USN-6817-1

USN-6817-2

USN-6817-3

USN-6820-1

USN-6820-2

USN-6821-1

USN-6821-2

USN-6821-3

USN-6821-4

USN-6828-1

USN-6871-1

USN-6878-1

USN-6892-1

USN-6896-1

USN-6896-2

USN-6896-3

USN-6896-4

USN-6896-5

USN-6919-1

USN-7069-1

USN-7069-2

USN-7110-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 4219

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/27xxx/CVE-2024-27436.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52642 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:1983-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26602 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-35814 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-27037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47346 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26766 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43863 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52645 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26615 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45008 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-27079 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26970 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26803 · Vendor Advisory