CVE-2024-39499
HIGHLinux Kernel - Information Leak via Unsanitized Event Index in VMCI Event Delivery
Title source: llmDescription
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)
Core 9
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
21.3%
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
CWE
CWE-668
Status
published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel
3.9.0 - 4.19.317linux
linux/Kernel
4.20.0 - 5.4.279linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.162linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.95linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.221linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.35linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.9.6linux
Linux/Linux
< 3.9
Linux/Linux
1d990201f9bb499b7c76ab00abeb7e803c0bcb2a - 58730dfbd4ae01c1b022b0d234a8bf8c02cdfb81
Linux/Linux
1d990201f9bb499b7c76ab00abeb7e803c0bcb2a - 681967c4ff210e06380acf9b9a1b33ae06e77cbd
... and 16 more
Published
Jul 12, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026