CVE-2024-45014
kernel: s390/boot: Avoid possible physmem_info segment corruption
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 11, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
s390/boot: Avoid possible physmem_info segment corruption
When physical memory for the kernel image is allocated it does not consider extra memory required for offsetting the image start to match it with the lower 20 bits of KASLR virtual base address. That might lead to kernel access beyond its memory range.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read