CVE-2024-49975

NameCVE-2024-49975
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uprobes: fix kernel info leak via "[uprobes]" vma xol_add_vma() maps the uninitialized page allocated by __create_xol_area() into userspace. On some architectures (x86) this memory is readable even without VM_READ, VM_EXEC results in the same pgprot_t as VM_EXEC|VM_READ, although this doesn't really matter, debugger can read this memory anyway.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4008-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1vulnerable
bookworm6.1.123-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.128-1fixed
trixie6.12.12-1fixed
sid6.12.13-1fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)bullseye (security)6.1.119-1~deb11u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.115-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.11.4-1
linux-6.1sourcebullseye6.1.119-1~deb11u1DLA-4008-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/34820304cc2cd1804ee1f8f3504ec77813d29c8e (6.12-rc2)

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