CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-49902

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.28%

20th percentile - higher than 20% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the JFS filesystem in the Linux kernel, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability was found in the dbSplit function. The issue occurs because dmt_leafidx can be greater than the number of leaves in the dmap tree. A check for dmt_leafidx was added in dbFindLeaf, covering control pages as well.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability could lead to out-of-bounds memory reads, potentially resulting in disclosure of sensitive data, system crash, or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2024-49902. Also monitor systems for unusual behavior related to the JFS filesystem.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jfs: check if leafidx greater than num leaves per dmap tree syzbot report a out of bounds in dbSplit, it because dmt_leafidx greater than num leaves per dmap tree, add a checking for dmt_leafidx in dbFindLeaf. Shaggy: Modified sanity check to apply to control pages as well as leaf pages.

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