Service interruption via unterminated device ID array
Published Dec 2, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Improper null termination in the Linux vp_vdpa driver allows local users to interrupt service by triggering undefined-memory access. The vp_vdpa probe allocates a one-element virtio_device_id array without the null terminator that vdpa_mgmtdev_get_classes() expects, so iteration proceeds beyond the allocation. A local low-privileged user must reach the affected vDPA management path; the resulting service interruption is not publicly characterized as a crash or hang.
Summary
What happened
Improper null termination in the Linux vp_vdpa driver allows local users to interrupt service by triggering undefined-memory access. The vp_vdpa probe allocates a one-element virtio_device_id array without the null terminator that vdpa_mgmtdev_get_classes() expects, so iteration proceeds beyond the allocation. A local low-privileged user must reach the affected vDPA management path; the resulting service interruption is not publicly characterized as a crash or hang.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-53110
- Published
- Dec 2, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-170, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Dec 2, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.19
- Affected versionversion=ffbda8e9df10d1784d5427ec199e7d8308e3763f <0a886489d274596ad1a80789d3a773503210a615
- Affected versionversion=ffbda8e9df10d1784d5427ec199e7d8308e3763f <4e39ecadf1d2a08187139619f1f314b64ba7d947
- Affected versionversion=ffbda8e9df10d1784d5427ec199e7d8308e3763f <870d68fe17b5d9032049dcad98b5781a344a8657
- Affected versionversion=ffbda8e9df10d1784d5427ec199e7d8308e3763f <c4d64534d4b1c47d2f1ce427497f971ad4735aae
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