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Red Hat: CVE-2024-38619: kernel: usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-38619: kernel: usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/20/2024
Created
09/26/2024
Added
09/25/2024
Modified
09/25/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb-storage: alauda: Check whether the media is initialized The member "uzonesize" of struct alauda_info will remain 0 if alauda_init_media() fails, potentially causing divide errors in alauda_read_data() and alauda_write_lba(). - Add a member "media_initialized" to struct alauda_info. - Change a condition in alauda_check_media() to ensure the first initialization. - Add an error check for the return value of alauda_init_media().

Solution(s)

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

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