Bug 2278324 (CVE-2024-26988)

Summary:	CVE-2024-26988 kernel: init/main.c: Fix potential static_command_line memory overflow
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Zack Miele <zmiele>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, allarkin, aquini, bhu, chwhite, cye, cyin, dbohanno, debarbos, dfreiber, drow, dvlasenk, esandeen, ezulian, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jdenham, jfaracco, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lzampier, mleitner, mmilgram, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, rysulliv, scweaver, sidakwo, sukulkar, tglozar, tyberry, vkumar, vsroka, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 5.15.157, kernel 6.1.88, kernel 6.6.29, kernel 6.8.8, kernel 6.9-rc5	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A static_command_line memory overflow was found in the Linux kernel. This issue may cause a crash.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2278325
Bug Blocks:	2278552

Description Zack Miele 2024-05-01 19:17:39 UTC

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

init/main.c: Fix potential static_command_line memory overflow

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-26988 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024050143-CVE-2024-26988-c304@gregkh/T

Comment 1 Zack Miele 2024-05-01 19:18:12 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2278325]

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2024-11-12 09:25:25 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:9315 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9315