{"id":"CVE-2024-42292","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nkobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env()\n\nzap_modalias_env() wrongly calculates size of memory block to move, so\nwill cause OOB memory access issue if v…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nkobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env()\n\nzap_modalias_env() wrongly calculates size of memory block to move, so\nwill cause OOB memory access issue if v…","severity":"high","cvss":7.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-125"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 4.15.1, < 4.19.320","linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.282","linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.224","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.165","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.103","linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.44","linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.10.3","linux_kernel = 4.15"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.10.3"],"published":"2024-08-17","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T01:18:45.733","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42292","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57fe01d3d04276875c7e3a6dc763517fc05b8762","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/648d5490460d38436640da0812bf7f6351c150d2","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68d63ace80b76395e7935687ecdb86421adc2168","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81a15d28f32af01493ae8c5457e0d55314a4167d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b59a5e86a3934f1b6a5bd1368902dbc79bdecc90","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5ee8adc8d98a49703320d13878ba2b923b142f5","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4663536754defff75ff1eca0aaebc41da165a8d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd6e9894b451e7c85cceb8e9dc5432679a70e7dc","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00248,"epssPercentile":0.15988,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T03:30:12.732Z","ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2024-09-10T16:11:00.545656Z"},"slug":"CVE-2024-42292","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nkobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env()\n\nzap_modalias_env() wrongly calculates size of memory block to move, so\nwill cause OOB memory access issue if variable MODALIAS is not the last\none within its @env parameter, fixed by correcting size to memmove.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 4.15.1, < 4.19.320`\n- `linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.282`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.224`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.165`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.103`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.44`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.10.3`\n- `linux_kernel = 4.15`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.10.3`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.1,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}