Local out-of-bounds read via divisor index
Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
An off-by-one error in the EP93xx clock driver in affected Linux kernel branches allows local users to read beyond a divisor array. ep93xx_div_recalc_rate() accepts an index equal to psc->num_div because its bounds check uses > rather than >=, then reads psc->div[index]. Reachability requires a local low-privileged user and an EP93xx ARM system; published sources establish an out-of-bounds read but do not identify the exposed data or a crash path.
Summary
What happened
An off-by-one error in the EP93xx clock driver in affected Linux kernel branches allows local users to read beyond a divisor array. ep93xx_div_recalc_rate() accepts an index equal to psc->num_div because its bounds check uses > rather than >=, then reads psc->div[index]. Reachability requires a local low-privileged user and an EP93xx ARM system; published sources establish an out-of-bounds read but do not identify the exposed data or a crash path.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-47686
- Published
- Oct 21, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-193
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.16
- Affected versionversion=9645ccc7bd7a16cd73c3be9dee70cd702b03be37 <27f493e141823db052586010c1532b70b164507c
- Affected versionversion=9645ccc7bd7a16cd73c3be9dee70cd702b03be37 <66e78ade976dbd9bea09166aa8d66afc0963cde4
- Affected versionversion=9645ccc7bd7a16cd73c3be9dee70cd702b03be37 <7a5bd2fb92388c51d267f6ce57c40f1cca8af1e0
- Affected versionversion=9645ccc7bd7a16cd73c3be9dee70cd702b03be37 <ae59eaf36a1ad396e9f657ec9b8b52da6206ed5f
- Affected versionversion=9645ccc7bd7a16cd73c3be9dee70cd702b03be37 <c7f06284a6427475e3df742215535ec3f6cd9662
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