Bug 2281121 (CVE-2024-27406)

Summary:	CVE-2024-27406 kernel: lib/Kconfig.debug: TEST_IOV_ITER depends on MMU
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, 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 6.6.19, kernel 6.7.7, kernel 6.8	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found and fixed in the Linux kernel's `TEST_IOV_ITER` configuration option. This fix corrected the dependancy on the Memory Management Unit (MMU). Previously, enabling this option without proper dependency checks could lead to kernel misbehavior or crashes.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2281122
Bug Blocks:	2281780

Description Zack Miele 2024-05-17 22:16:08 UTC

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

lib/Kconfig.debug: TEST_IOV_ITER depends on MMU

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-27406 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024051739-CVE-2024-27406-cfc3@gregkh/T

Comment 1 Zack Miele 2024-05-17 22:16:43 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2281122]

Comment 2 Alex 2024-06-09 14:25:40 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2024-27406 is: 	SKIP	No affected files built, so skip this CVE	NO			-	-	unknown	 (where first YES/NO value means if related sources built).