In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sysctl: Fix out of bounds access for empty sysctl registers
When registering tables to the sysctl subsystem there is a check to see
if header is a permanently empty directory (used for mounts). This check
evaluates the first element of the ctl_table. This results in an out of
bounds evaluation when registering empty directories.
The function register_sysctl_mount_point now passes a ctl_table of size
1 instead of size 0. It now relies solely on the type to identify
a permanently empty register.
Make sure that the ctl_table has at least one element before testing for
permanent emptiness.
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Weaknesses | CWE-787 | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2024-12-19T08:22:18.412Z
Reserved: 2024-03-02T21:55:42.571Z
Link: CVE-2023-52596

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:03:21.269Z

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-03-06T07:15:09.657
Modified: 2025-02-14T16:40:33.420
Link: CVE-2023-52596
