CVE-2024-36975

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.13-6.9.1 DoS via ASN.1 Encode Sequence Failure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KEYS: trusted: Do not use WARN when encode fails When asn1_encode_sequence() fails, WARN is not the correct solution. 1. asn1_encode_sequence() is not an internal function (located in lib/asn1_encode.c). 2. Location is known, which makes the stack trace useless. 3. Results a crash if panic_on_warn is set. It is also noteworthy that the use of WARN is undocumented, and it should be avoided unless there is a carefully considered rationale to use it. Replace WARN with pr_err, and print the return value instead, which is only useful piece of information.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (20)
linux/Kernel 5.13.0 - 5.15.160linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.92linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.32linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.8.11linux
linux/Kernel 6.9.0 - 6.9.2linux
Linux/Linux < 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.15.160 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.92 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.10
... and 10 more
Published Jun 18, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026