CVE-2024-53107

CVE-2024-53107 affects the Linux kernel in fs/proc/task_mmu.c (pagemap_scan_get_args). The issue is an integer overflow: arg->vec_len is read as a u64 from user space and used in the expression arg->vec_len * sizeof(struct page_region), which can wrap. The fix uses size_mul() to perform the...

CVE-2024-53107 fs/proc/task_mmu: prevent integer overflow in pagemap_scan_get_args()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/proc/taskmmu: prevent integer overflow in pagemapscangetargs The "arg-veclen" variable is a u64 that comes from the user at the start of the function. The "arg-veclen sizeofstruct pageregion" multiplication can lead to integer...