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Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CVE-2024-53145

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: um: Fix potential integer overflow during physmem setup This issue happens when the real map size is greater than LONG_MAX, which can be easily triggered on UML/i386.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound

The software performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published