CVE-2024-24898 Information Leakage in kernel

Medium 6.0 Published Updated

An attacker can leak sensitive information via a resource leak in the openEuler Linux kernel's staging driver.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-24898?

CVE-2024-24898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openEuler kernel, published on 15 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in openEuler kernel on Linux allows Resource Leak Exposure. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://gitee.Com/openeuler/kernel/blob/openEuler-1.0-LTS/drivers/staging/gmjstcm/tcm.C.

This issue affects kernel: from 4.19.90-2109.1.0.0108 before 4.19.90-2403.4.0.0244.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-24898?

How do I fix CVE-2024-24898?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-24898 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-24898 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-744g-wfhc-3v4q, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24898.

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