CVE-2024-1151

Public on 2024-02-11
Modified on 2024-02-14
Description

A vulnerability was reported in the Open vSwitch sub-component in the Linux Kernel. The flaw occurs when a recursive operation of code push recursively calls into the code block. The OVS module does not validate the stack depth, pushing too many frames and causing a stack overflow. As a result, this can lead to a crash or other related issues.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2024-03-06 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2024-051
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2024-04-01 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2024-053
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2024-03-06 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2024-039
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2024-04-01 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2024-062
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2024-03-06 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2024-061
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2024-03-05 ALAS2023-2024-549

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H