CVE-2024-39482

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via Variable Length Array Abuse in btree_iter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bcache: fix variable length array abuse in btree_iter btree_iter is used in two ways: either allocated on the stack with a fixed size MAX_BSETS, or from a mempool with a dynamic size based on the specific cache set. Previously, the struct had a fixed-length array of size MAX_BSETS which was indexed out-of-bounds for the dynamically-sized iterators, which causes UBSAN to complain. This patch uses the same approach as in bcachefs's sort_iter and splits the iterator into a btree_iter with a flexible array member and a btree_iter_stack which embeds a btree_iter as well as a fixed-length data array.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.8%
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

CWE
CWE-770
Status published
Products (20)
linux/Kernel 3.10.0 - 5.10.221linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.162linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.94linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.34linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.9.5linux
Linux/Linux < 3.10
Linux/Linux 3.10
Linux/Linux 5.10.221 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.162 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.94 - 6.1.*
... and 10 more
Published Jul 05, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026