CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-42265

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.28%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was resolved in do_dup2() where despite verifying fd is not greater than max_fds, speculative execution may access fdt->fd[fd] out of bounds. array_index_nospec was applied.

Risk Assessment

May lead to information disclosure or other speculative execution effects, potentially exploited in side-channel attacks.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that applies array_index_nospec in do_dup2().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: protect the fetch of ->fd[fd] in do_dup2() from mispredictions both callers have verified that fd is not greater than ->max_fds; however, misprediction might end up with tofree = fdt->fd[fd]; being speculatively executed. That's wrong for the same reasons why it's wrong in close_fd()/file_close_fd_locked(); the same solution applies - array_index_nospec(fd, fdt->max_fds) could differ from fd only in case of speculative execution on mispredicted path.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS