Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2024-36978

net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in multiq_tune()

published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in multiq_tune() q->bands will be assigned to qopt->bands to execute subsequent code logic after kmalloc. So the old q->bands should not be used in kmalloc. Otherwise, an out-of-bounds write will occur.

Technical severity7.8 highCVSS 3.1 · CNA: Linux
Published2024-06-19Source updated 2026-11-03
Collected2026-11-032 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Linux
Linux
≥ c2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b; < d5d9d241786f49ae7cbc08e7fc95a115e9d80f3d (affected, git)
≥ c2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b; < 52b1aa07cda6a199cd6754d3798c7759023bc70f (affected, git)
≥ c2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b; < 598572c64287aee0b75bbba4e2881496878860f3 (affected, git)
≥ c2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b; < 0f208fad86631e005754606c3ec80c0d44a11882 (affected, git)
≥ c2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b; < 54c2c171c11a798fe887b3ff72922aa9d1411c1e (affected, git)
≥ c2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b; < d6fb5110e8722bc00748f22caeb650fe4672f129 (affected, git)
≥ c2999f7fb05b87da4060e38150c70fa46794d82b; < affc18fdc694190ca7575b9a86632a73b9fe043d (affected, git)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: Linux
Linux
Linux
5.4 (affected)
≥ 0; < 5.4 (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.4.279; ≤ 5.4.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.10.221; ≤ 5.10.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.15.162; ≤ 5.15.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.1.95; ≤ 6.1.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.6.35; ≤ 6.6.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.9.6; ≤ 6.9.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.10; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix)
Other versions: affected
CNA: Linux
RUGGEDCOM RST2428P
Siemens
≥ 0; < V3.1 (affected, custom)
Other versions: unknown
ADP: siemens-SADP
SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family
Siemens
≥ 0; < * (unaffected, custom)
Other versions: unknown
ADP: siemens-SADP
SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family
Siemens
≥ 0; < V3.1 (affected, custom)
Other versions: unknown
ADP: siemens-SADP
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
Siemens
≥ 0; < V1.1.1 (affected, custom)
Other versions: unknown
ADP: siemens-SADP

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
3.1 / 7.8
high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCNA: Linux

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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