CVE-2024-43854

2024-08-1700:00:00

ubuntu.com

linux kernel

vulnerability

cve-2024-43854

integrity buffer

kernel memory

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7.4

Confidence

Low

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
block: initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media
Metadata added by bio_integrity_prep is using plain kmalloc, which leads
to random kernel memory being written media. For PI metadata this is
limited to the app tag that isn’t used by kernel generated metadata,
but for non-PI metadata the entire buffer leaks kernel memory.
Fix this by adding the __GFP_ZERO flag to allocations for writes.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchlinux< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-aws< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-aws< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchlinux-aws< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-aws-5.15< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchlinux-azure< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchlinux-azure< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchlinux-azure< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	linux	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-aws	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-aws	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	linux-aws	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-aws-5.15	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	linux-azure	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	linux-azure	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	linux-azure	< any	UNKNOWN