CVE-2024-35827CWE-190

CVE-2024-35827

High · published May 17, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

io_uring/net: fix overflow check in io_recvmsg_mshot_prep()

The "controllen" variable is type size_t (unsigned long). Casting it

to int could lead to an integer underflow.

The check_add_overflow() function considers the type of the destination

which is type int. If we add two positive values and the result cannot

fit in an integer then that's counted as an overflow.

However, if we cast "controllen" to an int and it turns negative, then

negative values *can* fit into an int type so there is no overflow.

Good: 100 + (unsigned long)-4 = 96 <-- overflow

Bad: 100 + (int)-4 = 96 <-- no overflow

I deleted the cast of the sizeof() as well. That's not a bug but the

cast is unnecessary.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00219 · 11.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2024-05-17T18:15Z
Affected products (4)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.0, < 6.1.836.1.83
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.236.6.23
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.7.116.7.11
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.8, < 6.8.26.8.2
References (10)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 MAY 13:41Z
    io_uring/net: fix overflow check in io_recvmsg_mshot_prep()
    cvelistv5