CVE-2024-45775

Grub2: commands/extcmd: missing check for failed allocation

MEDIUM
5.2
CVSS Score
Published: February 18, 2025 at 07:25 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEnterprise LinuxOpenShift Container Platform

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Severity
MEDIUM5.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A flaw was found in grub2 where the grub_extcmd_dispatcher() function calls grub_arg_list_alloc() to allocate memory for the grub's argument list. However, it fails to check in case the memory allocation fails. Once the allocation fails, a NULL point will be processed by the parse_option() function, leading grub to crash or, in some rare scenarios, corrupt the IVT data.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions7
Vendor states this is fixed in 10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1:2.06-104.el9_6 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.2MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-252

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