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KEYS: trusted: Do not use WARN when encode fails

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KEYS: trusted: Do not use WARN when encode fails When asn1_encode_sequence() fails, WARN is not the correct solution. 1. asn1_encode_sequence() is not an internal function (located in lib/asn1_encode.c). 2. Location is known, which makes the stack trace useless. 3. Results a crash if panic_on_warn is set. It is also noteworthy that the use of WARN is undocumented, and it should be avoided unless there is a carefully considered rationale to use it. Replace WARN with pr_err, and print the return value instead, which is only useful piece of information.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.15.160, 6.1.92, 6.6.32, 6.8.11, 6.9.2
CVEs
CVE-2024-36975
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
8 Nov 2026, 02:57 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

KEYS: trusted: Do not use WARN when encode fails

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Jun 2024, 19:20 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KEYS: trusted: Do not use WARN when encode fails When asn1_encode_sequence() fails, WARN is not the correct solution. 1. asn1_encode_sequence() is not an internal function (located in lib/asn1_encode.c). 2. Location is known, which makes the stack trace useless. 3. Results a crash if panic_on_warn is set. It is also noteworthy that the use of WARN is undocumented, and it should be avoided unless there is a carefully considered rationale to use it. Replace WARN with pr_err, and print the return value instead, which is only useful piece of information.

osv:CVE-2024-36975

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.15.160, 6.1.92, 6.6.32, 6.8.11, 6.9.2

Complete source record
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