Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Linux kernel contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the legacy_parse_param function in the Filesystem Context functionality. This allows an attacker to open a filesystem that does not support the Filesystem Context API and ultimately escalate privileges.
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- CVSS
- 8.4
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 25.2%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
Linux kernel contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the legacy_parse_param function in the Filesystem Context functionality. This allows an attacker to open a filesystem that does not support the Filesystem Context API and ultimately escalate privileges.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-08-21. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable. Due date: 2024-09-11.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.