CVE-2024-57905

HIGH

Linux Kernel 6.11-6.12.9 - Information Exposure via Uninitialized Memory in IIO ADC Triggered Buffer

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: ti-ads1119: fix information leak in triggered buffer The 'scan' local struct is used to push data to user space from a triggered buffer, but it has a hole between the sample (unsigned int) and the timestamp. This hole is never initialized. Initialize the struct to zero before using it to avoid pushing uninitialized information to userspace.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.9%
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-908
Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.11.0 - 6.12.10linux
Linux/Linux < 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.11
Linux/Linux 6.12.10 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13
Linux/Linux a9306887eba41c5fe7232727a8147da3d3c4f83c - 2f1687cca911a2f294313c762e0646cd9e7be8cc
Linux/Linux a9306887eba41c5fe7232727a8147da3d3c4f83c - 75f339d3ecd38cb1ce05357d647189d4a7f7ed08
linux/linux_kernel 6.13 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.11 - 6.12.10
Published Jan 19, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026