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Red Hat: CVE-2024-26946: kernel: kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 1, 2024
Added
Sep 6, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

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

kprobes/x86: Use copy_from_kernel_nofault() to read from unsafe address

Read from an unsafe address with copy_from_kernel_nofault() in
arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() because this function is used before checking
the address is in text or not. Syzcaller bot found a bug and reported
the case if user specifies inaccessible data area,
arch_adjust_kprobe_addr() will cause a kernel panic.

[ mingo: Clarified the comment. ]

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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