Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-36895

Vulnerability identifier: #VU92004

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36895

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the __uvcg_iter_item_entries() function in drivers/usb/gadget/function/uvc_configfs.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Real Time Module
Public Cloud Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_5-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_5-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1-debugsource
kernel-syms-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
ocfs2-kmp-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure-optional
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-devel-rt
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-extra
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-optional
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-rt
bpftool
python3-perf
kernel
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-source

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.31, 6.8.10
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1009.10
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1012.14
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1012.13
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1013.14
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11
linux-oem-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11.1
linux-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1008.11
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_5-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_5-rt - update to 1-150600.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1-debugsource - update to 1-150600.1.5.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.1
gfs2-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
ocfs2-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-devel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-source-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
reiserfs-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
dlm-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.5.4
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1
bpftool - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
python3-perf - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
kernel - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
kernel-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
kernel-debugsource - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
kernel-tools-devel - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
perf - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39
kernel-source - update to 6.6.0-31.0.0.39

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a54e5052bde582fd0e7677334fe7a5be92e242c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a422089ce42ced73713e5032aad29a9a7cbe9528
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/650ae71c80749fc7cb8858c8049f532eaec64410
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.31
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.10

• Buffer overflow in Linux kernel gadget function driver
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-lowlatency
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-6.8
• Ubuntu update for linux-lowlatency
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure