CVE-2024-42292

kernel: kobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · August 17, 2024

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

in linux kernel's kobject_uevent, zap_modalias_env incorrectly calculates the size of the memory block to move, which may cause out of bounds memory access.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read