CVE-2024-26843
Linux Kernel EFI Soft-Reserved Region Overflow Vulnerability
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size md_size will have been narrowed if we have >= 4GB worth of pages in a soft-reserved region.
INFO
Published Date :
April 17, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 29, 2025, 4:30 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.2
Exploitability Score :
0.8
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 29, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CWE-787 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.10.211 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.16 up to (excluding) 6.1.80 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 up to (excluding) 5.15.150 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 up to (excluding) 6.6.19 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 up to (excluding) 6.7.7 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156cb12ffdcf33883304f0db645e1eadae712fe0 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156cb12ffdcf33883304f0db645e1eadae712fe0 Types: Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aa36b62c3eaa869860bf78b1146e9f2b5f782a9 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aa36b62c3eaa869860bf78b1146e9f2b5f782a9 Types: Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fff3d735baea104017f2e3c245e27cdc79f2426 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fff3d735baea104017f2e3c245e27cdc79f2426 Types: Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/700c3f642c32721f246e09d3a9511acf40ae42be Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/700c3f642c32721f246e09d3a9511acf40ae42be Types: Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf3d6813601fe496de7f023435e31bfffa74ae70 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf3d6813601fe496de7f023435e31bfffa74ae70 Types: Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de1034b38a346ef6be25fe8792f5d1e0684d5ff4 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de1034b38a346ef6be25fe8792f5d1e0684d5ff4 Types: Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html Types: Mailing List -
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156cb12ffdcf33883304f0db645e1eadae712fe0 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aa36b62c3eaa869860bf78b1146e9f2b5f782a9 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fff3d735baea104017f2e3c245e27cdc79f2426 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/700c3f642c32721f246e09d3a9511acf40ae42be Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf3d6813601fe496de7f023435e31bfffa74ae70 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de1034b38a346ef6be25fe8792f5d1e0684d5ff4 Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Nov. 06, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H -
CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Nov. 05, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html -
CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jun. 25, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
May. 29, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Apr. 17, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: runtime: Fix potential overflow of soft-reserved region size md_size will have been narrowed if we have >= 4GB worth of pages in a soft-reserved region. Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fff3d735baea104017f2e3c245e27cdc79f2426 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aa36b62c3eaa869860bf78b1146e9f2b5f782a9 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/700c3f642c32721f246e09d3a9511acf40ae42be [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf3d6813601fe496de7f023435e31bfffa74ae70 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156cb12ffdcf33883304f0db645e1eadae712fe0 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de1034b38a346ef6be25fe8792f5d1e0684d5ff4 [No types assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-26843 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-26843
weaknesses.