CVE-2024-39499
Published: Jul 12, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vmci: prevent speculation leaks by sanitizing event in event_deliver() Coverity spotted that event_msg is controlled by user-space, event_msg->event_data.event is passed to event_deliver() and used as an index without sanitization. This change ensures that the event index is sanitized to mitigate any possibility of speculative information leaks. This bug was discovered and resolved using Coverity Static Analysis Security Testing (SAST) by Synopsys, Inc. Only compile tested, no access to HW.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 1d990201f9bb499b7c76ab00abeb7e803c0bcb2a - < 58730dfbd4ae01c1b022b0d234a8bf8c02cdfb81affected 1d990201f9bb499b7c76ab00abeb7e803c0bcb2a - < 681967c4ff210e06380acf9b9a1b33ae06e77cbdaffected 1d990201f9bb499b7c76ab00abeb7e803c0bcb2a - < f70ff737346744633e7b655c1fb23e1578491ff3affected 1d990201f9bb499b7c76ab00abeb7e803c0bcb2a - < 95ac3e773a1f8da83c4710a720fbfe80055aafaeaffected 1d990201f9bb499b7c76ab00abeb7e803c0bcb2a - < 95bac1c8bedb362374ea1937b1d3e833e01174ee+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 3.9unaffected 0 - < 3.9unaffected 4.19.317 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.279 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.221 - <= 5.10.*+5 more versions |
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