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Red Hat: CVE-2024-36978: kernel: net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in multiq_tune() (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-36978: kernel: net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in multiq_tune() (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/19/2024
Created
07/26/2024
Added
07/25/2024
Modified
08/12/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in multiq_tune() q->bands will be assigned to qopt->bands to execute subsequent code logic after kmalloc. So the old q->bands should not be used in kmalloc. Otherwise, an out-of-bounds write will occur.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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