Bug 2280407 (CVE-2024-27401)

Summary:	CVE-2024-27401 kernel: firewire: nosy: ensure user_length is taken into account when fetching packet contents
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Nick Tait <ntait>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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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, scweaver, sidakwo, sukulkar, tglozar, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 6.9	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's FireWire subsystem, which involves inadequate handling of the `user_length` parameter when fetching packet contents. This issue could potentially lead to security issues, such as unauthorized access or manipulation of memory.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2280408
Bug Blocks:	2280439

Description Nick Tait 2024-05-14 21:41:14 UTC

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

firewire: nosy: ensure user_length is taken into account when fetching packet contents

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-27401 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024051341-CVE-2024-27401-e31d@gregkh/T

Comment 1 Nick Tait 2024-05-14 21:41:46 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2280408]

Comment 3 Alex 2024-06-09 13:29:33 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2024-27401 is: 	SKIP	No affected files built, so skip this CVE	NO			-	-	unknown (where first YES/NO value means if related sources built).