Vulnerability · Published May 22, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-36010igb: Fix string truncation warnings in igb_set_fw_version

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-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 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.5% 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: igb: Fix string truncation warnings in igb_set_fw_version Commit 1978d3ead82c ("intel: fix string truncation warnings") fixes '-Wformat-truncation=' warnings in igb_main.c by using kasprintf. drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c:3092:53: warning:‘%d’ directive output may be truncated writing between 1 and 5 bytes into a region of size between 1 and 13 [-Wformat-truncation=] 3092 | "%d.%d, 0x%08x, %d.%d.%d", | ^~ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c:3092:34: note:directive argument in the range [0, 65535] 3092 | "%d.%d, 0x%08x, %d.%d.%d", | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c:3092:34: note:directive argument in the range [0, 65535] drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c:3090:25: note:‘snprintf’ output between 23 and 43 bytes into a destination of size 32 kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory which can be NULL upon failure. Fix this warning by using a larger space for adapter->fw_version, and then fall back and continue to use snprintf.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.8.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36010
Debian:14linux6.8.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36010

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 1978d3ead82c8e39d739dd4e19b1ea7bf923dfb4 – before c56d055893cbe97848611855d1c97d0ab171eccc
Linux Linux 6.7

References