CVE-2024-40974

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's powerpc/pseries architecture, where certain hypercall functions did not properly enforce the validity and size of result buffers provided by callers, lead to stack corruption if the buffer is too small, as the lack of compiler checks allows for potential runtime errors.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.