CVE-2024-53162
kernel: crypto: qat/qat_4xxx - fix off by one in uof_get_name()
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · December 24, 2024
Updated · October 29, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: qat/qat_4xxx - fix off by one in uof_get_name()
The fw_objs[] array has "num_objs" elements so the > needs to be >= to prevent an out of bounds read.
Statement
Actual only for latest versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. The security impact is limited, because read out of bounds could happen only for specific cases when qat/qat_4xxx crypto accelerator being used.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read