In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
binfmt_flat: Fix corruption when not offsetting data start
Commit 04d82a6d0881 ("binfmt_flat: allow not offsetting data start") introduced a RISC-V specific variant of the FLAT format which does not allocate any space for the (obsolete) array of shared library pointers. However, it did not disable the code which initializes the array, resulting in the corruption of sizeof(long) bytes before the DATA segment, generally the end of the TEXT segment.
Introduce MAX_SHARED_LIBS_UPDATE which depends on the state of CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_NO_DATA_START_OFFSET to guard the initialization of the shared library pointer region so that it will only be initialized if space is reserved for it.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.1Upgrade linux | Sep 6, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-uek | Nov 21, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-gcpUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1065-ibmUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1018-oemUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04bUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1065-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1069-gkeUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1015-gkeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1038-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1067-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1067-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1072-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-ibmUpgrade linux-image-gke-5.15Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1055-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1002-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-125-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1016-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-125-genericUpgrade linux-image-azure-cvmUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-5.15Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azureUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1067-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1070-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1020-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1078-azureUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04cUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-125-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-50-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-125-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04dUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1017-oracleUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1075-azureUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-125-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1071-gcpUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-intelUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1069-kvmUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1019-nvidia-lowlatency | Nov 12, 2024 | Sep 4, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 13, 2025 | Sep 4, 2024 |
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