CVE-2024-27401

HIGH

Linux Kernel 2.6.36-6.8.9 - Buffer Overflow via Firewire Packet Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firewire: nosy: ensure user_length is taken into account when fetching packet contents Ensure that packet_buffer_get respects the user_length provided. If the length of the head packet exceeds the user_length, packet_buffer_get will now return 0 to signify to the user that no data were read and a larger buffer size is required. Helps prevent user space overflows.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (30)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 39
fedoraproject/fedora 40
linux/Kernel 2.6.36 - 4.19.314linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.276linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.159linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.91linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.217linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.31linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.8.10linux
... and 20 more
Published May 14, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026