HighFix available
riscv: misaligned: Restrict user access to kernel memory
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: misaligned: Restrict user access to kernel memory raw_copy_{to,from}_user() do not call access_ok(), so this code allowed userspace to access any virtual memory address.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.10.10
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-46792
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 21:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
riscv: misaligned: Restrict user access to kernel memory
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 18 Sept 2024, 07:12 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: misaligned: Restrict user access to kernel memory raw_copy_{to,from}_user() do not call access_ok(), so this code allowed userspace to access any virtual memory address.
osv:CVE-2024-46792
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.10.10
Complete source record
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