Bug 2293458 (CVE-2024-38541)

Summary:	CVE-2024-38541 kernel: of: module: add buffer overflow check in of_modalias()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Patrick Del Bello <pdelbell>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dfreiber, drow, jburrell, rkeshri, vkumar
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 6.6.33, kernel 6.8.12, kernel 6.9.3, kernel 6.10-rc1	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A buffer overflow flaw was found in of_modalias() in the Linux kernel, occurring after the first snprintf() call. This issue could result in loss of availability of the system.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2293462

Description Patrick Del Bello 2024-06-20 17:42:24 UTC

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

of: module: add buffer overflow check in of_modalias()

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-38541 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024061948-CVE-2024-38541-53d0@gregkh/T

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2024-11-05 00:49:50 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:8870 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8870

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2024-11-05 01:09:57 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:8856 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8856

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2024-12-04 00:45:56 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:10771 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10771

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-13 08:24:39 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:6966 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966