7.1

CVE-2024-40978: linux Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.1v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-40978DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40978
Published 12-07-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-40978 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.32%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 40 · Related 30
DLA-4008-1DSA-5730-1DSA-5731-1RHSA-2024:5256RHSA-2024:5257RHSA-2024:5928

Timeline

  1. 12-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qedi: Fix crash while reading debugfs attribute The qedi_dbg_do_not_recover_cmd_read() function invokes sprintf() directly on a __user pointer, which results into the crash. To fix this issue, use a small local stack buffer for sprintf() and then call simple_read_from_buffer(), which in turns make the copy_to_user() call. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00007f4801111000 PGD 8000000864df6067 P4D 8000000864df6067 PUD 864df7067 PMD 846028067 PTE 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10/ProLiant DL380 Gen10, BIOS U30 06/15/2023 RIP: 0010:memcpy_orig+0xcd/0x130 RSP: 0018:ffffb7a18c3ffc40 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 00007f4801111000 RBX: 00007f4801111000 RCX: 000000000000000f RDX: 000000000000000f RSI: ffffffffc0bfd7a0 RDI: 00007f4801111000 RBP: ffffffffc0bfd7a0 R08: 725f746f6e5f6f64 R09: 3d7265766f636572 R10: ffffb7a18c3ffd08 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00007f4881110fff R13: 000000007fffffff R14: ffffb7a18c3ffca0 R15: ffffffffc0bfd7af FS: 00007f480118a740(0000) GS:ffff98e38af00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f4801111000 CR3: 0000000864b8e001 CR4: 00000000007706e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die_body+0x1a/0x60 ? page_fault_oops+0x183/0x510 ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0x150 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? memcpy_orig+0xcd/0x130 vsnprintf+0x102/0x4c0 sprintf+0x51/0x80 qedi_dbg_do_not_recover_cmd_read+0x2f/0x50 [qedi 6bcfdeeecdea037da47069eca2ba717c84a77324] full_proxy_read+0x50/0x80 vfs_read+0xa5/0x2e0 ? folio_add_new_anon_rmap+0x44/0xa0 ? set_pte_at+0x15/0x30 ? do_pte_missing+0x426/0x7f0 ksys_read+0xa5/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x58/0x80 ? __count_memcg_events+0x46/0x90 ? count_memcg_event_mm+0x3d/0x60 ? handle_mm_fault+0x196/0x2f0 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x267/0x890 ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0x150 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc RIP: 0033:0x7f4800f20b4d

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.32% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.32%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu129 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-195.215 | < 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-44.44
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1132.142 | < 5.15.0-1069.75 | < 6.8.0-1015.16
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ ace7f46ba5fde7273207c7122b0650ceb72510e0, < 56bec63a7fc87ad50b3373a87517dc9770eef9e0 | ≥ ace7f46ba5fde7273207c7122b0650ceb72510e0, < 21c963de2e86e88f6a8ca556bcebb8e62ab8e901 | ≥ ace7f46ba5fde7273207c7122b0650ceb72510e0, < 144d76a676b630e321556965011b00e2de0b40a7 | ≥ ace7f46ba5fde7273207c7122b0650ceb72510e0, < 397a8990c377ee4b61d6df768e61dff9e316d46b | ≥ ace7f46ba5fde7273207c7122b0650ceb72510e0, < eaddb86637669f6bad89245ee63f8fb2bfb50241 | ≥ ace7f46ba5fde7273207c7122b0650ceb72510e0, < fa85b016a56b9775a3fe41e5d26e666945963b46 | ≥ ace7f46ba5fde7273207c7122b0650ceb72510e0, < e2f433ea7d0ff77998766a088a287337fb43ad75 | ≥ ace7f46ba5fde7273207c7122b0650ceb72510e0, < 28027ec8e32ecbadcd67623edb290dad61e735b5 | 4.10
  • linux_kernel< 4.19.317 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.279 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.221 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.162 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.96 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.36 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.7
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.99-1 | < 6.9.7-1

3 vendors · 132 products

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