2334789 – (CVE-2024-56716) CVE-2024-56716 kernel: netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write()

Bug 2334789 (CVE-2024-56716) - CVE-2024-56716 kernel: netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write()

Summary: CVE-2024-56716 kernel: netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_b...

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Status:	NEW
Alias:	CVE-2024-56716
Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	medium
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported:	2024-12-29 09:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified:	2024-12-31 12:30 UTC (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-12-29 09:01:10 UTC

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

netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write()

If either a zero count or a large one is provided, kernel can crash.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-12-29 10:34:15 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122915-CVE-2024-56716-7a52@gregkh/T

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