PT-2024-9078

CVE-2024-38587

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Published

2024-05-08

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Updated

2026-08-04

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description: The issue is related to a bug in the speakup component of the Linux kernel, where the code uses sizeof() instead of ARRAY SIZE() when handling an array of u16 values. This can lead to an out-of-bounds condition. The exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.
Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
DLA-3840-1
DSA-5730-1
MGASA-2024-0263
MGASA-2024-0266
OESA-2024-1766
OESA-2024-1792
OESA-2024-1793
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_2372-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_2394-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2372-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2394-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1
USN-6949-1
USN-6949-2
USN-6951-1
USN-6951-2
USN-6951-3
USN-6951-4
USN-6952-1
USN-6952-2
USN-6953-1
USN-6955-1
USN-6979-1
USN-7007-1
USN-7007-2
USN-7007-3
USN-7009-1
USN-7009-2
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