#VU93374 Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-36975
Published: June 26, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU93374
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36975
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the tpm2_key_encode() function in security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm2.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96f650995c70237b061b497c66755e32908f8972
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/681935009fec3fc22af97ee312d4a24ccf3cf087
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c652e1e10676f942149052d9329b8bf2703529a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d32c6e09f7c4bec3ebc4941323f0aa6366bc1487
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff91cc12faf798f573dab2abc976c1d5b1862fea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/050bf3c793a07f96bd1e2fd62e1447f731ed733b
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.160
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.92
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.32
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.11