Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-51467.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-51467
Upstream
Published
2024-10-21T18:15:19Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:16:25.093738Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2024-49994 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.76.1-1
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

block: fix integer overflow in BLKSECDISCARD

I independently rediscovered

commit 22d24a544b0d49bbcbd61c8c0eaf77d3c9297155
block: fix overflow in blk_ioctl_discard()

but for secure erase.

Same problem:

uint64_t r[2] = {512, 18446744073709551104ULL};
ioctl(fd, BLKSECDISCARD, r);

will enter near infinite loop inside blkdevissuesecure_erase():

a.out: attempt to access beyond end of device
loop0: rw=5, sector=3399043073, nr_sectors = 1024 limit=2048
bio_check_eod: 3286214 callbacks suppressed
References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.76.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-51467.json"