CVE-2024-57893 is a medium-severity race condition vulnerability (CWE-362) affecting the Linux kernel's ALSA sequencer OSS layer. This flaw occurs when processing System Exclusive (SysEx) messages, where concurrent access to an internal buffer can lead to out-of-bounds memory access. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.3, indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, requiring low privileges, and potentially leading to high confidentiality and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 6.1.124CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.2, < 6.6.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.7, < 6.12.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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