CVE-2024-39499
HIGHLinux Kernel < 4.19.317 - Exposure to Wrong Actor
Title source: ruleDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vmci: prevent speculation leaks by sanitizing event in event_deliver() Coverity spotted that event_msg is controlled by user-space, event_msg->event_data.event is passed to event_deliver() and used as an index without sanitization. This change ensures that the event index is sanitized to mitigate any possibility of speculative information leaks. This bug was discovered and resolved using Coverity Static Analysis Security Testing (SAST) by Synopsys, Inc. Only compile tested, no access to HW.
References (9)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
0.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-668
Status
published
Affected Products (8)
linux/linux_kernel
< 4.19.317
linux/Kernel
< 4.19.317linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.4.279linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.10.221linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.15.162linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.1.95linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.6.35linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.9.6linux
Timeline
Published
Jul 12, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026