Kernel memory disclosure via speculative array indexing
Published Nov 19, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Spectre variant 1 in the Linux kernel mgb4 driver 6.7 through 6.11.7 allows local users to disclose kernel memory via sysfs. frequency_range_store() passes a user-controlled range to mgb4_cmt_set_vin_freq_range(), which speculatively indexes cmt_vals_in without constraining the index after a bounds check. Access to the MGB4 device frequency-range sysfs control is required; the transient access can expose kernel data, with no documented ability to modify persistent data.
Summary
What happened
Spectre variant 1 in the Linux kernel mgb4 driver 6.7 through 6.11.7 allows local users to disclose kernel memory via sysfs. frequency_range_store() passes a user-controlled range to mgb4_cmt_set_vin_freq_range(), which speculatively indexes cmt_vals_in without constraining the index after a bounds check. Access to the MGB4 device frequency-range sysfs control is required; the transient access can expose kernel data, with no documented ability to modify persistent data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-53062
- Published
- Nov 19, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0ab13674a9bd10514486cf1670d71dbd8afec421 <2aee207e5b3c94ef859316008119ea06d6798d49
- Affected versionversion=0ab13674a9bd10514486cf1670d71dbd8afec421 <e0bc90742bbd6eb9c63e6c22f8f6e10be7b1e225
- Affected versionversion=6.7
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