CVE-2024-38394 Security feature bypass in n/a
A physically proximate attacker can bypass USB authorization policies in GNOME Settings Daemon to access unintended kernel USB functionality.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-38394?
CVE-2024-38394 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Mismatches in interpreting USB authorization policy between GNOME Settings Daemon (GSD) through 46.0 and the Linux kernel's underlying device matching logic allow a physically proximate attacker to access some unintended Linux kernel USB functionality, such as USB device-specific kernel modules and filesystem implementations. NOTE: the GSD supplier indicates that consideration of a mitigation for this within GSD would be in the context of "a new feature, not a CVE."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38394?
Linux distribution packages (9)
gnome-settings-daemon SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | All versions | 41.0-150400.3.3.1 |
gnome-settings-daemon SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 41.0-150400.3.3.1 |
gnome-settings-daemon SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 | All versions | 41.0-150500.4.3.1 |
gnome-settings-daemon SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 | All versions | 45.1-150600.3.3.1 |
gnome-settings-daemon SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | All versions | 41.0-150400.3.3.1 |
gnome-settings-daemon SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | All versions | 41.0-150400.3.3.1 |
gnome-settings-daemon openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 41.0-150500.4.3.1 |
gnome-settings-daemon openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 45.1-150600.3.3.1 |
gnome-settings-daemon openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 46.0-5.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2024-38394?
No fix published yet.
Is CVE-2024-38394 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38394 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38394, GHSA-x65h-q64w-pjcg, SUSE-SU-2024:2168-1, SUSE-SU-2024:2170-1, SUSE-SU-2024:2186-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:14060-1.