Vulnerability · Published Jun 19, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-36978net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in multiq_tune()

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write 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 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.2% 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: net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in multiq_tune() q->bands will be assigned to qopt->bands to execute subsequent code logic after kmalloc. So the old q->bands should not be used in kmalloc. Otherwise, an out-of-bounds write will occur.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9bpftool7.3.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:8162
Debian:12linux6.1.99-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36978
Debian:12linux6.1.99-1DSA-5731-1
Debian:13linux6.9.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36978
Debian:14linux6.9.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36978
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-427.40.1.el9_4RLSA-2024:8162
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-121.131UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-121.131USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-44.44UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-44.44USN-6999-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1069.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1069.75USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1015.16USN-6999-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1015.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1015.16~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1072.81USN-7009-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1072.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1014.16USN-7004-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1014.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1014.16~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1072.81.1USN-7009-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1072.81.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1068.76UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1068.76USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1014.16USN-6999-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1014.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1014.16~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1066.72UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1066.72USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1010.13USN-6999-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1010.13UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1052.59USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1052.59UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-45.45~22.04.1USN-7029-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-45.45~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1062.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1062.65USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1012.12USN-6999-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1012.12~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1064.70UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1064.70USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1066.71UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1066.71USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-121.131UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-121.131USN-7007-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-44.44.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-44.44.1USN-6999-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-44.44.1~22.04.1USN-7008-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-44.44.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1064.65USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1064.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1013.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1013.14USN-7005-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1USN-7005-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1013.14.1USN-7005-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1013.14.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1028.28UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1012.12USN-6999-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1067.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1067.73USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1012.12USN-6999-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1012.12~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1062.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1062.65USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1011.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1011.12USN-6999-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-44.44.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-44.44.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1035.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36978

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux c2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b – before d5d9d241786f49ae7cbc08e7fc95a115e9d80f3dc2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b – before 52b1aa07cda6a199cd6754d3798c7759023bc70fc2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b – before 598572c64287aee0b75bbba4e2881496878860f3c2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b – before 0f208fad86631e005754606c3ec80c0d44a11882c2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b – before 54c2c171c11a798fe887b3ff72922aa9d1411c1ec2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b – before d6fb5110e8722bc00748f22caeb650fe4672f129c2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b – before affc18fdc694190ca7575b9a86632a73b9fe043d
Linux Linux 5.4

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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