CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-46759

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel that led to underflows when writing limit attributes in hwmon. This issue occurred when a user provided a large negative number, resulting in incorrect calculations.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to incorrect operation of monitoring systems, potentially leading to incorrect limit values and performance issues.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and ensure proper functioning of limit attributes.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (adc128d818) Fix underflows seen when writing limit attributes DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST() after kstrtol() results in an underflow if a large negative number such as -9223372036854775808 is provided by the user. Fix it by reordering clamp_val() and DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST() operations.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS