CVE-2024-27413 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-27413

efi/capsule-loader: fix incorrect allocation size

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi/capsule-loader: fix incorrect allocation size gcc-14 notices that the allocation with sizeof(void) on 32-bit architectures is not enough for a 64-bit phys_addr_t: drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c: In function 'efi_capsule_open': drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c:295:24: error: allocation of insufficient size '4' for type 'phys_addr_t' {aka 'long long unsigned int'} with size '8' [-Werror=alloc-size] 295 | cap_info->phys = kzalloc(sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL); | ^ Use the correct type instead here.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
f24c4d478013d82bd1b943df566fff3561d52864, 95a362c9a6892085f714eb6e31eea6a0e3aa93bf, 4.14.13, 4.15, 0, 4.19.309, 5.4.271, 5.10.212, 5.15.151, 6.1.81, 6.6.21, 6.7.9, 6.8

Timeline

Official Publish: May 17th, 2024
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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