Bug 2301530 (CVE-2024-42159)

Summary: CVE-2024-42159 kernel: scsi: mpi3mr: Sanitise num_phys
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Fixed In Version: kernel 6.1.98, kernel 6.6.39, kernel 6.9.9, kernel 6.10 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's mpi3mr driver in the mpi3mr_sas_port_add() function, where a lack of proper checks could lead to values that are larger than what the defined size of the num_phys field in the mr_sas_node structure being inserted, causing the field to be overwritten and potentially corrupting the structure. This issue could lead to memory corruption or crashes.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-07-30 08:50:55 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: mpi3mr: Sanitise num_phys

Information is stored in mr_sas_port->phy_mask, values larger then size of
this field shouldn't be allowed.
Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2024-07-31 11:24:08 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024073036-CVE-2024-42159-c19e@gregkh/T
Comment 3 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2024-07-31 11:24:32 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2302030]
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2024-11-12 09:38:07 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