PT-2024-8286 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5
Published
2024-02-13
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Updated
2025-12-17
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CVE-2024-27413
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to an incorrect allocation size in the efi/capsule-loader component of the Linux kernel. Specifically, the allocation with sizeof(void) on 32-bit architectures is not enough for a 64-bit phys addr t. This issue is identified in the function
efi capsule open() within the drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c file. The error occurs at line 295, where the allocation size '4' is insufficient for the type phys addr t, which requires a size of '8'.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
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Astra Linux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu