CVE-2024-26824

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algif_hash - Remove bogus SGL free on zero-length error path When a zero-length message is hashed by algif_hash, and an error is triggered, it tries to free an SG list that was never allocated in the first place. Fix this by not freeing the SG list on the zero-length error path.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c82920359b7c1eddaf72069bcfe0ffddf088cd0

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/775f3c1882a493168e08fdb8cde0865c8f3a8a29

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24c890dd712f6345e382256cae8c97abb0406b70

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-04-17

Updated: 2024-04-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High