CVE-2024-42265

CVE-2024-42265

Medium · published August 17, 2024

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

protect the fetch of ->fd[fd] in do_dup2() from mispredictions

both callers have verified that fd is not greater than ->max_fds;

however, misprediction might end up with

tofree = fdt->fd[fd];

being speculatively executed. That's wrong for the same reasons

why it's wrong in close_fd()/file_close_fd_locked(); the same

solution applies - array_index_nospec(fd, fdt->max_fds) could differ

from fd only in case of speculative execution on mispredicted path.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00279 · 19.3th percentile
Published
2024-08-17T13:15Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel< 4.19.3204.19.320
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.20, < 5.4.2825.4.282
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.2245.10.224
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.1655.15.165
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1046.1.104
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.456.6.45
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.10.46.10.4
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (11)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 AUG 08:54Z
    protect the fetch of ->fd[fd] in do_dup2() from mispredictions
    cvelistv5