CVE-2024-36015 Information

Description

In the Linux kernel the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ppdev: Add an error check in register_device

In register_device the return value of ida_simple_get is unchecked in witch ida_simple_get will use an invalid index value.

To address this issue index should be checked after ida_simple_get. When the index value is abnormal a warning message should be printed the port should be dropped and the value should be recorded.

Reference

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbf740aeb86a4fe82ad158d26d711f2f3be79b3e