CVE-2024-22705 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2024-22705?

CVE-2024-22705 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 23 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in ksmbd in the Linux kernel before 6.6.10. smb2_get_data_area_len in fs/smb/server/smb2misc.c can cause an smb_strndup_from_utf16 out-of-bounds access because the relationship between Name data and CreateContexts data is mishandled.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22705?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-22705?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-22705 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-33961, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-22705, GHSA-2572-4xw7-mcfc, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22705.