CVE-2024-46774

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Out-of-bounds Write in RTAS System Call Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Prevent Spectre v1 gadget construction in sys_rtas() Smatch warns: arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas.c:1932 __do_sys_rtas() warn: potential spectre issue 'args.args' [r] (local cap) The 'nargs' and 'nret' locals come directly from a user-supplied buffer and are used as indexes into a small stack-based array and as inputs to copy_to_user() after they are subject to bounds checks. Use array_index_nospec() after the bounds checks to clamp these values for speculative execution.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (20)
linux/Kernel 2.6.12 - 5.10.237linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.181linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.135linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.88linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.10linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 0974d03eb479384466d828d65637814bee6b26d7
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 1f1feff02e9da0dd0cdb195c428c42b5f9b6c771
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 68d8156480940b79227d58865ec5d2947b9384a8
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - a262c2dc833f2fe1bd5c53a4d899e7077d3b1da9
... and 10 more
Published Sep 18, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026