7.1

CVE-2024-42292: kobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42292DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42292
Published 17-08-2024Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42292 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 32 · Related 24
DLA-3912-1DLA-4008-1MGASA-2024-0309MGASA-2024-0310RHSA-2024:8856RHSA-2024:8870

Timeline

  1. 17-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env() zap_modalias_env() wrongly calculates size of memory block to move, so will cause OOB memory access issue if variable MODALIAS is not the last one within its @env parameter, fixed by correcting size to memmove.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu128 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-200.220 | < 5.15.0-125.135 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1135.145 | < 5.15.0-1072.78 | < 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008, < 81a15d28f32af01493ae8c5457e0d55314a4167d | ≥ 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008, < b59a5e86a3934f1b6a5bd1368902dbc79bdecc90 | ≥ 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008, < 648d5490460d38436640da0812bf7f6351c150d2 | ≥ 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008, < c5ee8adc8d98a49703320d13878ba2b923b142f5 | ≥ 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008, < 68d63ace80b76395e7935687ecdb86421adc2168 | ≥ 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008, < 57fe01d3d04276875c7e3a6dc763517fc05b8762 | ≥ 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008, < d4663536754defff75ff1eca0aaebc41da165a8d | ≥ 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008, < dd6e9894b451e7c85cceb8e9dc5432679a70e7dc | 4.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.15.1, < 4.19.320 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.282 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.224 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.165 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.103 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.44 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.3 | 4.15 | 4.15:rc6 | 4.15:rc7 | 4.15:rc8 | 4.15:rc9
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.106-1 | < 6.10.3-1

3 vendors · 131 products

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