CVE-2024-36917 block: fix overflow in blk_ioctl_discard()

2024-05-3015:29:13

Linux

github.com

linux kernel

vulnerability

resolved

block

overflow

blk_ioctl_discard

task

discard

ioctl

param

validation

cve-2024-36917

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.6%

JSON

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

block: fix overflow in blk_ioctl_discard()

There is no check for overflow of ‘start + len’ in blk_ioctl_discard().
Hung task occurs if submit an discard ioctl with the following param:
start = 0x80000000000ff000, len = 0x8000000000fff000;
Add the overflow validation now.

CNA Affected

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