CVE-2024-38541
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.11%
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: module: add buffer overflow check in of_modalias() In of_modalias(), if the buffer happens to be too small even for the 1st snprintf() call, the len parameter will become negative and str parameter (if not NULL initially) will point beyond the buffer's end. Add the buffer overflow check after the 1st snprintf() call and fix such check after the strlen() call (accounting for the terminating NUL char).
How to fix CVE-2024-38541
To remediate CVE-2024-38541, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.10.244-1 or later
- —upgrade to 6.1.137-1~deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2024-38541 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.10.244-1
- from 0, < 6.1.137-1~deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |