Medium [CVE-2024-0565] Kernel: cifs filesystem decryption improper input validation remote code execution vulnerability in function receive_encrypted_standard of client
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2024-0565 affecting kernel, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.
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Summary
An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in receive_encrypted_standard in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c in the SMB Client sub-component in the Linux Kernel. This issue occurs due to integer underflow on the memcpy length, leading to a denial of service.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; and 3 more.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; RHOL-5.7-RHEL-8.
- kernel 4.19 before 5.10.211
- kernel 5.11 before 5.15.150
- kernel 5.16 before 6.1.69
- kernel 6.2 before 6.6.8
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- 5.10.211
- 5.15.150
- 6.1.69
- 6.6.8
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Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 5.10.211, 5.15.150, 6.1.69, 6.6.8. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
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