5.5

CVE-2024-26678

x86/efistub: Use 1:1 file:memory mapping for PE/COFF .compat section

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

x86/efistub: Use 1:1 file:memory mapping for PE/COFF .compat section

The .compat section is a dummy PE section that contains the address of
the 32-bit entrypoint of the 64-bit kernel image if it is bootable from
32-bit firmware (i.e., CONFIG_EFI_MIXED=y)

This section is only 8 bytes in size and is only referenced from the
loader, and so it is placed at the end of the memory view of the image,
to avoid the need for padding it to 4k, which is required for sections
appearing in the middle of the image.

Unfortunately, this violates the PE/COFF spec, and even if most EFI
loaders will work correctly (including the Tianocore reference
implementation), PE loaders do exist that reject such images, on the
basis that both the file and memory views of the file contents should be
described by the section headers in a monotonically increasing manner
without leaving any gaps.

So reorganize the sections to avoid this issue. This results in a slight
padding overhead (< 4k) which can be avoided if desired by disabling
CONFIG_EFI_MIXED (which is only needed in rare cases these days)
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.7.5
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc3
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.23% 0.129
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a962f2fbaa976af9eed21d0306370cded485787
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ad55cecf22f05f1c884adf63cc09d3c3e609ebf
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4adeeff8c12321cd453412a659c3c0eeb9bb2397
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d327e961573fc335af0ae8a160302205327e1f4e
Patch