Linux Kernel up to 6.7.5 magnetometer rm3100_common_probe out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.7.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function rm3100_common_probe of the component magnetometer. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-26702. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.7.5. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function rm3100_common_probe of the component magnetometer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: magnetometer: rm3100: add boundary check for the value read from RM3100_REG_TMRC Recently, we encounter kernel crash in function rm3100_common_probe caused by out of bound access of array rm3100_samp_rates (because of underlying hardware failures). Add boundary check to prevent out of bound access.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-26702 since 02/19/2024. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 249881 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-26702), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.79, 6.6.18, 6.7.6 or 6.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 7200170e88e3/36a49290d7e6/8d5838a473e8/176256ff8abf/1d8c67e94e9e/57d05dbbcd0b/792595bab492 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (249881) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-0773). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• NetApp FAS
• EMC Avamar
• Oracle VM
• NetApp AFF
• Dell NetWorker
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• IBM Business Automation Workflow
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Juniper Junos Space
• IBM DB2
• IBM Storage Scale System

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.4.268
• 5.10.209
• 5.15.148
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6
• 6.1.7
• 6.1.8
• 6.1.9
• 6.1.10
• 6.1.11
• 6.1.12
• 6.1.13
• 6.1.14
• 6.1.15
• 6.1.16
• 6.1.17
• 6.1.18
• 6.1.19
• 6.1.20
• 6.1.21
• 6.1.22
• 6.1.23
• 6.1.24
• 6.1.25
• 6.1.26
• 6.1.27
• 6.1.28
• 6.1.29
• 6.1.30
• 6.1.31
• 6.1.32
• 6.1.33
• 6.1.34
• 6.1.35
• 6.1.36
• 6.1.37
• 6.1.38
• 6.1.39
• 6.1.40
• 6.1.41
• 6.1.42
• 6.1.43
• 6.1.44
• 6.1.45
• 6.1.46
• 6.1.47
• 6.1.48
• 6.1.49
• 6.1.50
• 6.1.51
• 6.1.52
• 6.1.53
• 6.1.54
• 6.1.55
• 6.1.56
• 6.1.57
• 6.1.58
• 6.1.59
• 6.1.60
• 6.1.61
• 6.1.62
• 6.1.63
• 6.1.64
• 6.1.65
• 6.1.66
• 6.1.67
• 6.1.68
• 6.1.69
• 6.1.70
• 6.1.71
• 6.1.72
• 6.1.73
• 6.1.74
• 6.1.75
• 6.1.76
• 6.1.77
• 6.1.78
• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4
• 6.7.5

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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