SB2024070844 - Denial of service in Linux kernel dm-crypt
Published: July 8, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024070844
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26763)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources during authentication within the kcryptd_crypt_write_convert() function in drivers/md/dm-crypt.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43a202bd552976497474ae144942e32cc5f34d7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dccbb93538fe89a86c6de31d4b1c8c560848eaa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c652f6fa1e1f9f02c3fbf359d260ad153ec5f90
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a4371db68a31076afbe56ecce34fbbe6c80c529
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e08c2a8d27e989f0f5b0888792643027d7e691e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64ba01a365980755732972523600a961c4266b75
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9e3763a505e50ba3bd22846f2a8db99429fb857
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50c70240097ce41fe6bce6478b80478281e4d0f7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html