CVE-2024-42292

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kobject_uevent: Fix OOB access within zap_modalias_env() zap_modalias_env() wrongly calculates size of memory block to move, so will cause OOB memory access issue if variable MODALIAS is not the last one within its @env parameter, fixed by correcting size to memmove.

CVSS 3.1

7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 15% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-125

Published

2024-08-17

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57fe01d3d04276875c7e3a6dc763517fc05b8762
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/648d5490460d38436640da0812bf7f6351c150d2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68d63ace80b76395e7935687ecdb86421adc2168
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81a15d28f32af01493ae8c5457e0d55314a4167d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b59a5e86a3934f1b6a5bd1368902dbc79bdecc90

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