# CVE-2024-49886: platform/x86: ISST: Fix the KASAN report slab-out-of-bounds bug > A slab-out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel ISST driver can cause a system crash when attaching an SST PCI device to a virtual machine. - **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`) - **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:** Yes - **Published:** 21 Oct 2024 - **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026 - **Also known as:** AZL-52900, BELL-CVE-2024-49886, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49886, GHSA-h9pq-rfrf-6f7p, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49886 ## What is CVE-2024-49886? CVE-2024-49886 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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: platform/x86: ISST: Fix the KASAN report slab-out-of-bounds bug Attaching SST PCI device to VM causes "BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds". kasan report: [ 19.411889] ================================================================== [ 19.413702] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _isst_if_get_pci_dev+0x3d5/0x400 [isst_if_common] [ 19.415634] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888829e65200 by task cpuhp/16/113 [ 19.417368] [ 19.418627] CPU: 16 PID: 113 Comm: cpuhp/16 Tainted: G E 6.9.0 #10 [ 19.420435] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware20,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW201.00V.20192059.B64.2207280713 07/28/2022 [ 19.422687] Call Trace: [ 19.424091] [ 19.425448] dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80 [ 19.426963] ? _isst_if_get_pci_dev+0x3d5/0x400 [isst_if_common] [ 19.428694] print_report+0x19d/0x52e [ 19.430206] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10 [ 19.431837] ? _isst_if_get_pci_dev+0x3d5/0x400 [isst_if_common] [ 19.433539] kasan_report+0xf0/0x170 [ 19.435019] ? _isst_if_get_pci_dev+0x3d5/0x400 [isst_if_common] [ 19.436709] _isst_if_get_pci_dev+0x3d5/0x400 [isst_if_common] [ 19.438379] ? __pfx_sched_clock_cpu+0x10/0x10 [ 19.439910] isst_if_cpu_online+0x406/0x58f [isst_if_common] [ 19.441573] ? __pfx_isst_if_cpu_online+0x10/0x10 [isst_if_common] [ 19.443263] ? ttwu_queue_wakelist+0x2c1/0x360 [ 19.444797] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x221/0xec0 [ 19.446337] cpuhp_thread_fun+0x21b/0x610 [ 19.447814] ? __pfx_cpuhp_thread_fun+0x10/0x10 [ 19.449354] smpboot_thread_fn+0x2e7/0x6e0 [ 19.450859] ? __pfx_smpboot_thread_fn+0x10/0x10 [ 19.452405] kthread+0x29c/0x350 [ 19.453817] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 19.455253] ret_from_fork+0x31/0x70 [ 19.456685] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 [ 19.458114] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [ 19.459573] [ 19.460853] [ 19.462055] Allocated by task 1198: [ 19.463410] kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 [ 19.464788] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 [ 19.466139] __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 [ 19.467465] __kmalloc+0x1cd/0x470 [ 19.468748] isst_if_cdev_register+0x1da/0x350 [isst_if_common] [ 19.470233] isst_if_mbox_init+0x108/0xff0 [isst_if_mbox_msr] [ 19.471670] do_one_initcall+0xa4/0x380 [ 19.472903] do_init_module+0x238/0x760 [ 19.474105] load_module+0x5239/0x6f00 [ 19.475285] init_module_from_file+0xd1/0x130 [ 19.476506] idempotent_init_module+0x23b/0x650 [ 19.477725] __x64_sys_finit_module+0xbe/0x130 [ 19.476506] idempotent_init_module+0x23b/0x650 [ 19.477725] __x64_sys_finit_module+0xbe/0x130 [ 19.478920] do_syscall_64+0x82/0x160 [ 19.480036] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [ 19.481292] [ 19.482205] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888829e65000 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-512 of size 512 [ 19.484818] The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of allocated 512-byte region [ffff888829e65000, ffff888829e65200) [ 19.487447] [ 19.488328] The buggy address belongs to the physical page: [ 19.489569] page: refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff888829e60c00 pfn:0x829e60 [ 19.491140] head: order:3 entire_mapcount:0 nr_pages_mapped:0 pincount:0 [ 19.492466] anon flags: 0x57ffffc0000840(slab|head|node=1|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) [ 19.493914] page_type: 0xffffffff() [ 19.494988] raw: 0057ffffc0000840 ffff88810004cc80 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 [ 19.496451] raw: ffff888829e60c00 0000000080200018 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 19.497906] head: 0057ffffc0000840 ffff88810004cc80 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 [ 19.499379] head: ffff888829e60c00 0000000080200018 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 19.500844] head: 0057ffffc0000003 ffffea0020a79801 ffffea0020a79848 00000000ffffffff [ 19.502316] head: 0000000800000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 19.503784] page dumped because: k ---truncated--- ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49886? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2024-49886? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2024-49886 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49886 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel - [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49886 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2024-49886 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49886 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49886/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49886/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49886 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49886 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49886 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49886/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.