CVE-2024-56557
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Buffer overflow
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: ad7923: Fix buffer overflow for tx_buf and ring_xfer The AD7923 was updated to support devices with 8 channels, but the size of tx_buf and ring_xfer was not increased accordingly, leading to a potential buffer overflow in ad7923_update_scan_mode().
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00663d3e000c31d0d49ef86a809f5c107c2d09cd ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00663d3e000c31d0d49ef86a809f5c107c2d09cdPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/218ecc35949129171ca39bcc0d407c8dc4cd0bbcPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a4187ec454e19903fd15f6e1825a4b84e59a4cdPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5cac32721997cb8bcb208a29f4598b3faf46338Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e4d236d9c4b38571c394d3ab6e85dfb71c33ed3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html