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High 7.1Published Aug 17, 2024

CVE-2024-42292kobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env()

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects Linux and 2 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env() zap_modalias_env() wrongly calculates size of memory block to move, so will cause OOB memory access issue if variable MODALIAS is not the last one within its @env parameter, fixed by correcting size to memmove.

CVSS
7.1 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
Not given
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 15, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008 before 81a15d28f32af01493ae8c5457e0d55314a4167d; from 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008 before b59a5e86a3934f1b6a5bd1368902dbc79bdecc90; from 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008 before 648d5490460d38436640da0812bf7f6351c150d2; from 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008 before c5ee8adc8d98a49703320d13878ba2b923b142f5; from 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008 before 68d63ace80b76395e7935687ecdb86421adc2168; from 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008 before 57fe01d3d04276875c7e3a6dc763517fc05b8762; from 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008 before d4663536754defff75ff1eca0aaebc41da165a8d; from 9b3fa47d4a76b1d606a396455f9bbeee083ef008 before dd6e9894b451e7c85cceb8e9dc5432679a70e7dc
CNA record
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)
before V1.1.1
CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
from 4.15.1 before 4.19.320; from 4.20 before 5.4.282; from 5.5 before 5.10.224; from 5.11 before 5.15.165; from 5.16 before 6.1.103; from 6.2 before 6.6.44; from 6.7 before 6.10.3; 4.15; and 4 more ranges
NVD

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