CVE-2024-26973
fat: fix uninitialized field in nostale filehandles
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fat: fix uninitialized field in nostale filehandles When fat_encode_fh_nostale() encodes file handle without a parent it stores only first 10 bytes of the file handle. However the length of the file handle must be a multiple of 4 so the file handle is actually 12 bytes long and the last two bytes remain uninitialized. This is not great at we potentially leak uninitialized information with the handle to userspace. Properly initialize the full handle length.
INFO
Published Date :
May 1, 2024, 6:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 9:03 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the affected packages.
- Update the affected kernel packages.
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 04, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE CWE-908 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5 from (excluding) 5.10.215 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 from (excluding) 6.6.24 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 from (excluding) 6.7.12 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 from (excluding) 5.15.154 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.16 from (excluding) 6.1.84 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.8 from (excluding) 6.8.3 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.10 from (excluding) 4.19.312 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.20 from (excluding) 5.4.274 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03a7e3f2ba3ca25f1da1d3898709a08db14c1abb Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03a7e3f2ba3ca25f1da1d3898709a08db14c1abb Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74f852654b8b7866f15323685f1e178d3386c688 Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74f852654b8b7866f15323685f1e178d3386c688 Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9840d1897e28f8733cc1e38f97e044f987dc0a63 Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9840d1897e28f8733cc1e38f97e044f987dc0a63 Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a276c595c3a629170b0f052a3724f755d7c6adc6 Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a276c595c3a629170b0f052a3724f755d7c6adc6 Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fb63e807c6dadf7ecc1d43448c4f1711d7eeee Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fb63e807c6dadf7ecc1d43448c4f1711d7eeee Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8cc05de8e6b5612b6e9f92c385c1a064b0db375 Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8cc05de8e6b5612b6e9f92c385c1a064b0db375 Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdd33d54e789d229d6d5007cbf3f53965ca1a5c6 Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdd33d54e789d229d6d5007cbf3f53965ca1a5c6 Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f52d7663a10a1266a2d3871a6dd8fd111edc549f Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f52d7663a10a1266a2d3871a6dd8fd111edc549f Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde2497d2bc3a063d8af88b258dbadc86bd7b57c Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde2497d2bc3a063d8af88b258dbadc86bd7b57c Types: Mailing List, Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html Types: Mailing List Added Reference Type CVE: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.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/03a7e3f2ba3ca25f1da1d3898709a08db14c1abb Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74f852654b8b7866f15323685f1e178d3386c688 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9840d1897e28f8733cc1e38f97e044f987dc0a63 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a276c595c3a629170b0f052a3724f755d7c6adc6 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fb63e807c6dadf7ecc1d43448c4f1711d7eeee Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8cc05de8e6b5612b6e9f92c385c1a064b0db375 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdd33d54e789d229d6d5007cbf3f53965ca1a5c6 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f52d7663a10a1266a2d3871a6dd8fd111edc549f Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde2497d2bc3a063d8af88b258dbadc86bd7b57c Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html -
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 Removed Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html -
CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jun. 27, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html [No types assigned] -
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
May. 01, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fat: fix uninitialized field in nostale filehandles When fat_encode_fh_nostale() encodes file handle without a parent it stores only first 10 bytes of the file handle. However the length of the file handle must be a multiple of 4 so the file handle is actually 12 bytes long and the last two bytes remain uninitialized. This is not great at we potentially leak uninitialized information with the handle to userspace. Properly initialize the full handle length. Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9840d1897e28f8733cc1e38f97e044f987dc0a63 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f52d7663a10a1266a2d3871a6dd8fd111edc549f [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a276c595c3a629170b0f052a3724f755d7c6adc6 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fb63e807c6dadf7ecc1d43448c4f1711d7eeee [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8cc05de8e6b5612b6e9f92c385c1a064b0db375 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03a7e3f2ba3ca25f1da1d3898709a08db14c1abb [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74f852654b8b7866f15323685f1e178d3386c688 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdd33d54e789d229d6d5007cbf3f53965ca1a5c6 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde2497d2bc3a063d8af88b258dbadc86bd7b57c [No types assigned]