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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-36915

medium Nessus Plugin ID 228772

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: llcp: fix nfc_llcp_setsockopt() unsafe copies syzbot reported unsafe calls to copy_from_sockptr() [1] Use copy_safe_from_sockptr() instead. [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in copy_from_sockptr_offset include/linux/sockptr.h:49 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in copy_from_sockptr include/linux/sockptr.h:55 [inline] BUG:
 KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nfc_llcp_setsockopt+0x6c2/0x850 net/nfc/llcp_sock.c:255 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88801caa1ec3 by task syz-executor459/5078 CPU: 0 PID: 5078 Comm: syz-executor459 Not tainted 6.8.0-syzkaller-08951-gfe46a7dd189e #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/27/2024 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:114 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601 copy_from_sockptr_offset include/linux/sockptr.h:49 [inline] copy_from_sockptr include/linux/sockptr.h:55 [inline] nfc_llcp_setsockopt+0x6c2/0x850 net/nfc/llcp_sock.c:255 do_sock_setsockopt+0x3b1/0x720 net/socket.c:2311 __sys_setsockopt+0x1ae/0x250 net/socket.c:2334 __do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2343 [inline] __se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2340 [inline] __x64_sys_setsockopt+0xb5/0xd0 net/socket.c:2340 do_syscall_64+0xfd/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 RIP: 0033:0x7f7fac07fd89 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 91 18 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007fff660eb788 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000036 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX:
 00007f7fac07fd89 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000118 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000020000a80 R11: 0000000000000246 R12:
 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 (CVE-2024-36915)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 228772

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_36915.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36915

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36915