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CVE-2024-40994

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: fix integer overflow in max_vclocks_store On 32bit systems, the "4 * max" multiply can overflow. Use kcalloc() to do the allocation to prevent this.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1fccfb4638ee6188377867f6015d0ce35764a8e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d50d62d5e6ee6aa03c00bddb91745d0b632d3b0f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81d23d2a24012e448f651e007fac2cfd20a45ce0

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/666e934d749e50a37f3796caaf843a605f115b6f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b03da87d0b7074c93d9662c6e1a8939f9b8b86e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-07-12

Updated: 2024-08-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00077

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