CVE-2024-46777 udf: Avoid excessive partition lengths
Attackers can cause denial of service by mounting malicious UDF filesystems with excessive partition lengths in the Linux kernel.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-46777?
CVE-2024-46777 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Sep 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:
udf: Avoid excessive partition lengths
Avoid mounting filesystems where the partition would overflow the 32-bits used for block number. Also refuse to mount filesystems where the partition length is so large we cannot safely index bits in a block bitmap.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46777?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-46777?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-46777 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46777 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-46777, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46777, GHSA-jxg7-j4mp-g3q9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46777.