Vulnerability · Published Jun 3, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-36964fs/9p: only translate RWX permissions for plain 9P2000

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/9p: only translate RWX permissions for plain 9P2000 Garbage in plain 9P2000's perm bits is allowed through, which causes it to be able to set (among others) the suid bit. This was presumably not the intent since the unix extended bits are handled explicitly and conditionally on .u.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.94-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36964
Debian:13linux6.8.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36964
Debian:14linux6.8.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-118.128UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-118.128USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-40.40UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1067.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1067.73USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1013.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1070.79USN-6956-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1070.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1012.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1012.14~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1070.79.1USN-6956-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1070.79.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1066.74USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1066.74UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1012.13UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1012.13~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1064.70UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1064.70USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1008.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1050.57USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1050.57UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-40.40~22.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1060.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1060.63USN-6950-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1062.68USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1062.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1064.69UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1064.69USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-118.128USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-118.128UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-40.40.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1062.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1062.63USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1011.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1011.11.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1027.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1065.71USN-6950-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1065.71UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1060.63USN-6950-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1060.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1009.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-40.40.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1035.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36964

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 45089142b1497dab2327d60f6c71c40766fc3ea4 – before e90bc596a74bb905e0a45bf346038c3f9d1e868d45089142b1497dab2327d60f6c71c40766fc3ea4 – before df1962a199783ecd66734d563caf0fedecf08f9645089142b1497dab2327d60f6c71c40766fc3ea4 – before 5a605930e19f451294bd838754f7d66c976a8a2c45089142b1497dab2327d60f6c71c40766fc3ea4 – before ad4f65328661392de74e3608bb736fedf3b67e3245089142b1497dab2327d60f6c71c40766fc3ea4 – before ca9b5c81f0c918c63d73d962ed8a8e231f840bc845089142b1497dab2327d60f6c71c40766fc3ea4 – before e55c601af3b1223a84f9f27f9cdbd2af5e203bf345089142b1497dab2327d60f6c71c40766fc3ea4 – before 157d468e34fdd3cb1ddc07c2be32fb3b02826b0245089142b1497dab2327d60f6c71c40766fc3ea4 – before cd25e15e57e68a6b18dc9323047fe9c68b99290b
Linux Linux 3.1

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