Bug 2281159 (CVE-2024-35837)

Summary:	CVE-2024-35837 kernel: net: mvpp2: clear BM pool before initialization
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, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 5.10.210, kernel 5.15.149, kernel 6.1.76, kernel 6.6.15, kernel 6.7.3, kernel 6.8	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's Marvell PPv2 (mvpp2) network driver, where the Buffer Management(BM) pool is not properly cleared before initialization. This oversight could lead to unintended behavior or security risks, such as the use of uninitialized data in network operations.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2281160
Bug Blocks:	2281793

Description Zack Miele 2024-05-17 22:52:18 UTC

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

net: mvpp2: clear BM pool before initialization

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-35837 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024051731-CVE-2024-35837-3159@gregkh/T

Comment 1 Zack Miele 2024-05-17 22:52:57 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2281160]

Comment 2 Alex 2024-06-09 13:52:10 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2024-35837 is: 	SKIP	No affected files built, so skip this CVE	NO			-	-	unknown	 (where first YES/NO value means if related sources built).