Local out-of-bounds read via unterminated debugfs buffer
Published May 30, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
An out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel bna debugfs interface allows local users to read beyond an allocated buffer. The bnad_debugfs_write_regrd and bnad_debugfs_write_regwr handlers copy exactly nbytes from userspace with memdup_user, then pass the unterminated buffer to sscanf. Low-privilege local access to the affected bna debugfs write interfaces is required; the public record does not establish a reliable crash or disclosure of specific data.
Summary
What happened
An out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel bna debugfs interface allows local users to read beyond an allocated buffer. The bnad_debugfs_write_regrd and bnad_debugfs_write_regwr handlers copy exactly nbytes from userspace with memdup_user, then pass the unterminated buffer to sscanf. Low-privilege local access to the affected bna debugfs write interfaces is required; the public record does not establish a reliable crash or disclosure of specific data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-36934
- Published
- May 30, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-787
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 30, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.3
- Affected versionversion=7afc5dbde09104b023ce04465ba71aaba0fc4346 <06cb37e2ba6441888f24566a997481d4197b4e32
- Affected versionversion=7afc5dbde09104b023ce04465ba71aaba0fc4346 <0f560240b4cc25d3de527deb257cdf072c0102a9
- Affected versionversion=7afc5dbde09104b023ce04465ba71aaba0fc4346 <1518b2b498a0109eb6b15755169d3b6607356b35
- Affected versionversion=7afc5dbde09104b023ce04465ba71aaba0fc4346 <6f0f19b79c085cc891c418b768f26f7004bd51a4
- Affected versionversion=7afc5dbde09104b023ce04465ba71aaba0fc4346 <80578ec10335bc15ac35fd1703c22aab34e39fdd
- Affected versionversion=7afc5dbde09104b023ce04465ba71aaba0fc4346 <8c34096c7fdf272fd4c0c37fe411cd2e3ed0ee9f
- Affected versionversion=7afc5dbde09104b023ce04465ba71aaba0fc4346 <bd502ba81cd1d515deddad7dbc6b812b14b97147
- Affected versionversion=7afc5dbde09104b023ce04465ba71aaba0fc4346 <e19478763154674c084defc62ae0d64d79657f91
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