Vulnerability · Published Jun 19, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-38579crypto: bcm - Fix pointer arithmetic

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 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.9% 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: crypto: bcm - Fix pointer arithmetic In spu2_dump_omd() value of ptr is increased by ciph_key_len instead of hash_iv_len which could lead to going beyond the buffer boundaries. Fix this bug by changing ciph_key_len to hash_iv_len. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9bpftool7.3.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:5928
Debian:12linux6.1.94-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38579
Debian:13linux6.8.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38579
Debian:14linux6.8.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-121.131USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-121.131UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-40.40UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1069.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1069.75USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1013.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1072.81USN-7009-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1072.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1012.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1012.14~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
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-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1068.76UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1068.76USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1012.13UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1012.13~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1066.72USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1066.72UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1008.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1052.59UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1052.59USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-40.40~22.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1062.65USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1062.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1064.70USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1064.70UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1066.71UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1066.71USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-121.131USN-7007-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-121.131UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-40.40.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1064.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1064.65USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1011.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1011.11.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1028.28UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1067.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1067.73USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1062.65USN-7007-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1062.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1009.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-40.40.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1035.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38579

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 – before c256b616067bfd6d274c679c06986b78d24024349d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 – before e719c8991c161977a67197775067ab456b518c7b9d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 – before ebed0d666fa709bae9e8cafa8ec6e7ebd1d318c69d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 – before c69a1e4b419c2c466dd8c5602bdebadc353973dd9d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 – before 49833a8da6407e7e9b532cc4054fdbcaf78f5fdd9d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 – before d0f14ae223c2421b334c1f1a9e48f1e809aee3a09d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 – before c0082ee420639a97e40cae66778b02b341b005e59d12ba86f818aa9cfe9f01b750336aa441f2ffa2 – before 3b7a40740f04e2f27114dfd6225c5e721dda9d57
Linux Linux 4.11

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