OOB Read in SMB Client due to Integer Underflow CVE-2024-0565
CVE-2024-0565 Published on January 15, 2024
An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in receive_encrypted_standard in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c in the SMB Client sub-component in the Linux Kernel. This issue occurs due to integer underflow on the memcpy length, leading to a denial of service.
Vulnerability Analysis
Weakness Type
What is an Integer underflow Vulnerability?
The product subtracts one value from another, such that the result is less than the minimum allowable integer value, which produces a value that is not equal to the correct result. This can happen in signed and unsigned cases.
CVE-2024-0565 has been classified to as an Integer underflow vulnerability or weakness.
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