Debian: CVE-2024-50268: linux, linux-6.1 -- security update

Debian: CVE-2024-50268: linux, linux-6.1 -- security update

Severity

6

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)

Published

11/19/2024

Created

12/03/2024

Added

12/02/2024

Modified

01/30/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: fix potential out of bounds in ucsi_ccg_update_set_new_cam_cmd() The "*cmd" variable can be controlled by the user via debugfs.That means "new_cam" can be as high as 255 while the size of the uc->updated[] array is UCSI_MAX_ALTMODES (30). The call tree is: ucsi_cmd() // val comes from simple_attr_write_xsigned() -> ucsi_send_command() -> ucsi_send_command_common() -> ucsi_run_command() // calls ucsi->ops->sync_control() -> ucsi_ccg_sync_control()

Solution(s)

• debian-upgrade-linux
• debian-upgrade-linux-6-1

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2024-50268
• CVE - 2024-50268
• DSA-5818-1