CVE-2024-38587

5.3 MEDIUM
Published: June 19, 2024 Modified: November 04, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: speakup: Fix sizeof() vs ARRAY_SIZE() bug The "buf" pointer is an array of u16 values. This code should be using ARRAY_SIZE() (which is 256) instead of sizeof() (which is 512), otherwise it can the still got out of bounds.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/008ab3c53bc4f0b2f20013c8f6c204a3203d0b8b
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07ef95cc7a579731198c93beed281e3a79a0e586
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3726f75a1ccc16cd335c0ccfad1d92ee08ecba5e
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42f0a3f67158ed6b2908d2b9ffbf7e96d23fd358
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/504178fb7d9f6cdb0496d5491efb05f45597e535
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6e1650cf5df1bd6638eeee231a683ef30c7d4eb
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd7f3978c2ec741aedd1d860b2adb227314cf996
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d52c04474feac8e305814a5228e622afe481b2ef
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb1ea64328d4cc7d7a912c563f8523d5259716ef
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/008ab3c53bc4f0b2f20013c8f6c204a3203d0b8b
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07ef95cc7a579731198c93beed281e3a79a0e586
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3726f75a1ccc16cd335c0ccfad1d92ee08ecba5e
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42f0a3f67158ed6b2908d2b9ffbf7e96d23fd358
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/504178fb7d9f6cdb0496d5491efb05f45597e535
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6e1650cf5df1bd6638eeee231a683ef30c7d4eb
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd7f3978c2ec741aedd1d860b2adb227314cf996
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d52c04474feac8e305814a5228e622afe481b2ef
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb1ea64328d4cc7d7a912c563f8523d5259716ef
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

19 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
39th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

linux