Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-46756 - Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) vulnerability in Linux Kernel

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
linux
CWE-191

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (w83627ehf) Fix underflows seen when writing limit attributes DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST() after kstrtol() results in an underflow if a large negative number such as -9223372036854775808 is provided by the user. Fix it by reordering clamp_val() and DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST() operations.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
5575

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)