CVE-2024-44931
Linux Kernel GPIO Spectre Information Leak
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: prevent potential speculation leaks in gpio_device_get_desc() Userspace may trigger a speculative read of an address outside the gpio descriptor array. Users can do that by calling gpio_ioctl() with an offset out of range. Offset is copied from user and then used as an array index to get the gpio descriptor without sanitization in gpio_device_get_desc(). This change ensures that the offset is sanitized by using array_index_nospec() to mitigate any possibility of speculative information leaks. This bug was discovered and resolved using Coverity Static Analysis Security Testing (SAST) by Synopsys, Inc.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 26, 2024, 11:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 30, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Sep. 30, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/672c19165fc96dfad531a5458e0b3cdab414aae4 [No types assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 05, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b955f786a4bcde8c0ccb2b7d519def2acb6f3cc No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b955f786a4bcde8c0ccb2b7d519def2acb6f3cc Patch Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d776c0486b03a5c4afca65b8ff44573592bf93bb No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d776c0486b03a5c4afca65b8ff44573592bf93bb Patch Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d795848ecce24a75dfd46481aee066ae6fe39775 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d795848ecce24a75dfd46481aee066ae6fe39775 Patch Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.6.46 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 up to (excluding) 6.10.5 -
CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Aug. 26, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: prevent potential speculation leaks in gpio_device_get_desc() Userspace may trigger a speculative read of an address outside the gpio descriptor array. Users can do that by calling gpio_ioctl() with an offset out of range. Offset is copied from user and then used as an array index to get the gpio descriptor without sanitization in gpio_device_get_desc(). This change ensures that the offset is sanitized by using array_index_nospec() to mitigate any possibility of speculative information leaks. This bug was discovered and resolved using Coverity Static Analysis Security Testing (SAST) by Synopsys, Inc. Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b955f786a4bcde8c0ccb2b7d519def2acb6f3cc [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d776c0486b03a5c4afca65b8ff44573592bf93bb [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d795848ecce24a75dfd46481aee066ae6fe39775 [No types assigned]
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