Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-47757 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix potential oob read in nilfs_btree_check_delete() The function nilfs_btree_check_delete(), which checks whether degeneration to direct mapping occurs before deleting a b-tree entry, causes memory access outside the block buffer when retrieving the maximum key if the root node has no entries. This does not usually happen because b-tree mappings with 0 child nodes are never created by mkfs.nilfs2 or nilfs2 itself. However, it can happen if the b-tree root node read from a device is configured that way, so fix this potential issue by adding a check for that case.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Overread Buffers An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d20674f31626e0596ae4c1d9401dfb6739b81b58
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4f8554996e8ada3be872dfb8f60e93bcf15fb27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8abfda768b9f33630cfbc4af6c4214f1e5681b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/257f9e5185eb6de83377caea686c306e22e871f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a33e967b681e088a125b979975c93e3453e686cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4cbcc64bb31e67e02940ce060cc77f7180564cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9c96351aa6718b42a9f42eaf7adce0356bdb5e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3a9859767c7aea758976f5523903d247e585129
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed76d381dae125b81d09934e365391a656249da8