CVE-2024-36033 Bluetooth: qca: fix info leak when fetching board id

What is CVE-2024-36033?

CVE-2024-36033 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

Bluetooth: qca: fix info leak when fetching board id

Add the missing sanity check when fetching the board id to avoid leaking slab data when later requesting the firmware.

Weakness: CWE-668

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36033?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-36033?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-36033 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36033 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
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-36033, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36033, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36033.