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CVE-2024-43825

2024-08-1700:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
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linux kernel
iio_gts_build_avail_time_table
sorting functionality
vulnerability
cve-2024-43825
out-of-bounds access

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

Low

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: Fix the sorting functionality in iio_gts_build_avail_time_table
The sorting in iio_gts_build_avail_time_table is not working as intended.
It could result in an out-of-bounds access when the time is zero.
Here are more details:

  1. When the gts->itime_table[i].time_us is zero, e.g., the time
    sequence is 3, 0, 1, the inner for-loop will not terminate and do
    out-of-bound writes. This is because once times[j] > new, the value
    new will be added in the current position and the times[j] will be
    moved to j+1 position, which makes the if-condition always hold.
    Meanwhile, idx will be added one, making the loop keep running without
    termination and out-of-bound write.
  2. If none of the gts->itime_table[i].time_us is zero, the elements
    will just be copied without being sorted as described in the comment
    “Sort times from all tables to one and remove duplicates”.
    For more details, please refer to
    https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected].

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

Low