CVE-2024-39482
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Denial of Service via Variable Length Array Abuse in btree_iter
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c3d7b03b658dc8bfa6112b194b67b92a87e081b
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a1922adc5798b7ec894cd3f197afb6f9591b023
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/934e1e4331859183a861f396d7dfaf33cb5afb02
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6479b9f41583b013041943c4602e1ad61cec8148
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c31344e22dd8d6b1394c6e4c41d639015bdc671
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a861560ccb35f2a4f0a4b8207fa7c2a35fc7f31
Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html
Vendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
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