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CVE-2024-53151

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-12-24
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.15.174 / 6.1.120 or later.
See remediation →
57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: svcrdma: Address an integer overflow Dan Carpenter reports: > Commit 78147ca8b4a9 ("svcrdma: Add a "parsed chunk list" data > structure") from Jun 22, 2020 (linux-next), leads to the following > Smatch static checker warning: > > net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_recvfrom.c:498 xdr_check_write_chunk() > warn: potential user controlled sizeof overflow 'segcount * 4 * 4' > > net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_recvfrom.c > 488 static bool xdr_check_write_chunk(struct svc_rdma_recv_ctxt *rctxt) > 489 { > 490 u32 segcount; > 491 __be32 *p; > 492 > 493 if (xdr_stream_decode_u32(&rctxt->rc_stream, &segcount)) > ^^^^^^^^ > > 494 return false; > 495 > 496 /* A bogus segcount causes this buffer overflow check to fail. */ > 497 p = xdr_inline_decode(&rctxt->rc_stream, > --> 498 segcount * rpcrdma_segment_maxsz * sizeof(*p)); > > > segcount is an untrusted u32. On 32bit systems anything >= SIZE_MAX / 16 will > have an integer overflow and some those values will be accepted by > xdr_inline_decode().

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-190

An arithmetic operation produces a value too large for its type and wraps around to an unexpected — often tiny or negative — number. That miscalculated value then drives a memory allocation or a bounds check, opening the door to corruption. The fix is checked arithmetic and validating sizes before they're used.

General guidance for the integer overflow class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 5.11, < 5.15.174>= 5.16, < 6.1.120>= 6.2, < 6.6.64>= 6.7, < 6.11.11>= 6.12, < 6.12.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.15.174 / 6.1.120 / 6.6.64 or later
Fixed in 5.15.1746.1.1206.6.64
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel 6.11.11 (or the first fixed version in your respective branch: 5.15.174, 6.1.120, or 6.6.64)

  1. Identify your current kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Determine which version range your kernel falls into from the affected versions: 5.11-5.14.x, 5.16-6.1.x, 6.2-6.6.x, or 6.7-6.11.x
  3. Upgrade your Linux kernel to a version with the fix applied: 5.15.174 or later (for 5.11-5.14.x systems), 6.1.120 or later (for 5.16-6.1.x systems), 6.6.64 or later (for 6.2-6.6.x systems), or 6.11.11 or later (for 6.7-6.11.x systems)
  4. Reboot the system to load the new kernel
  5. Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version and confirming the commit 21e1cf688fb0397788c8dd42e1e0b08d58ac5c7b is included
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require rebuild of out-of-tree kernel modules; ensure compatible drivers/modules are available before upgrading

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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