CVE-2024-35924: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: Limit read size on v1.2 Between UCSI 1.2 and UCSI 2.0, the size of the MESSAGE_IN region was increased from 16 to 256. In order to avoid overflowing reads for older systems, add a mechanism to use the read UCSI version to truncate read sizes on UCSI v1.2.
CVE-2024-35924CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2024-35924: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: Limit read size on v1.2 Between UCSI 1.2 and UCSI 2.0, the size of the MESSAGE_IN region was increased from 16 to 256. In order to avoid overflowing reads for older systems, add a mechanism to use the read UCSI version to truncate read sizes on UCSI v1.2.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
11.17%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: ucsi: Limit read size on v1.2 Between UCSI 1.2 and UCSI 2.0, the size of the MESSAGE_IN region was increased from 16 to 256. In order to avoid overflowing reads for older systems, add a mechanism to use the read UCSI version to truncate read sizes on UCSI v1.2.

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