CVE-2024-38667

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: prevent pt_regs corruption for secondary...

CVE-2024-38667 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38667, released June 24, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0023
13th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: prevent pt_regs corruption for secondary idle threads Top of the kernel thread stack should be reserved for pt_regs. However this is not the case for the idle threads of the secondary boot harts. Their stacks overlap with their pt_regs, so both may get corrupted. Similar issue has been fixed for the primary hart, see c7cdd96eca28 ("riscv: prevent stack corruption by reserving task_pt_regs(p) early"). However that fix was not propagated to the secondary harts. The problem has been noticed in some CPU hotplug tests with V enabled. The function smp_callin stored several registers on stack, corrupting top of pt_regs structure including status field. As a result, kernel attempted to save or restore inexistent V context.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.94-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38667 Jun 24, 2024
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.9.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38667 Jun 24, 2024
linux · Debian 14 6.9.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38667 Jun 24, 2024

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