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CVE-2024-41052 json

vfio/pci: Init the count variable in collecting hot-reset devices

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-38852

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vfio/pci: Init the count variable in collecting hot-reset devices

The count variable is used without initialization, it results in mistakes in the device counting and crashes the userspace if the get hot reset info path is triggered.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.6.41, 6.9.10
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.9.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41052

  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-48.48
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1018.20
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1017.19
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1013.17
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1015.15
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1017.20
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1002.4
  • linux-raspi Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1014.16

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41052

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2024-41052 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: vfio/pci: Init the count variable in collecting hot-reset devices

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +6 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-core, kernel-tools, python3-perf, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource
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References

Sources

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