CVE-2024-46757 in Linux

Summary

by MITRE • 09/18/2024

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (nct6775-core) Fix underflows seen when writing limit attributes

DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST() after kstrtol() results in an underflow if a large negative number such as -9223372036854775808 is provided by the user. Fix it by reordering clamp_val() and DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST() operations.

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• Responsible: Linux
• Reservation: 09/11/2024
• Disclosure: 09/18/2024
• Moderation: revoked
• Entry: VDB-277930
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-191 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.8 (NVD)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Finance, Education, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46757
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46757
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2024-46757/