Riskcovery

CVE-2024-46792

riscv: misaligned: Restrict user access to kernel memory

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Sep 18, 2024
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
Reserved
Sep 11, 2024

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

riscv: misaligned: Restrict user access to kernel memory

raw_copy_{to,from}_user() do not call access_ok(), so this code allowed userspace to access any virtual memory address.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 7c83232161f609bbc452a1255f823f41afc411dd to before a3b6ff6c896aee5ef9b581e40d0045ff04fcbc8cAffected
  • 7c83232161f609bbc452a1255f823f41afc411dd to before b686ecdeacf6658e1348c1a32a08e2e72f7c0f00Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.7Affected
  • before 6.7Not affected
  • 6.10.10 through 6.10.*Not affected
  • 6.11 and laterNot affected

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