vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-41079: kernel: nvmet: always initialize cqe.result (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Jul 29, 2024 | Dec 5, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jul 29, 2024
Added
Dec 5, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nvmet: always initialize cqe.result
The spec doesn't mandate that the first two double words (aka results)
for the command queue entry need to be set to 0 when they are not
used (not specified). Though, the target implemention returns 0 for TCP
and FC but not for RDMA.
Let's make RDMA behave the same and thus explicitly initializing the
result field. This prevents leaking any data from the stack.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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