What is the severity of CVE-2024-11263?

CVE-2024-11263 is rated as a medium severity vulnerability.

How do I fix CVE-2024-11263?

To fix CVE-2024-11263, ensure that the Global Pointer relative addressing is disabled in your configuration.

Which versions of Zephyr are affected by CVE-2024-11263?

CVE-2024-11263 affects Zephyr versions up to and including 3.7.0.

What impact does CVE-2024-11263 have on affected systems?

CVE-2024-11263 can lead to incorrect addressing for global symbols due to misconfigured Global Pointer usage.

Is there a workaround for CVE-2024-11263?

A potential workaround for CVE-2024-11263 is to adjust your software's memory management settings.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2024-11263

critical

9.4

CWE

270

15/11/2024

3/2/2025

CVE-2024-11263: arch: riscv: userspace: potential security risk when CONFIG_RISCV_GP=y

First published: Fri Nov 15 2024(Updated: )

When the Global Pointer (GP) relative addressing is enabled (CONFIG_RISCV_GP=y), the gp reg points at 0x800 bytes past the start of the .sdata section which is then used by the linker to relax accesses to global symbols.

Credit: vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Zephyr Project Manager	<=3.7.0

Remedy

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-jjf3-7x72-pqm9

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Reference Links

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-jjf3-7x72-pqm9

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-11263?
CVE-2024-11263 is rated as a medium severity vulnerability.
How do I fix CVE-2024-11263?
To fix CVE-2024-11263, ensure that the Global Pointer relative addressing is disabled in your configuration.
Which versions of Zephyr are affected by CVE-2024-11263?
CVE-2024-11263 affects Zephyr versions up to and including 3.7.0.
What impact does CVE-2024-11263 have on affected systems?
CVE-2024-11263 can lead to incorrect addressing for global symbols due to misconfigured Global Pointer usage.
Is there a workaround for CVE-2024-11263?
A potential workaround for CVE-2024-11263 is to adjust your software's memory management settings.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-11263?
CVE-2024-11263 is rated as a medium severity vulnerability.
How do I fix CVE-2024-11263?
To fix CVE-2024-11263, ensure that the Global Pointer relative addressing is disabled in your configuration.
Which versions of Zephyr are affected by CVE-2024-11263?
CVE-2024-11263 affects Zephyr versions up to and including 3.7.0.
What impact does CVE-2024-11263 have on affected systems?
CVE-2024-11263 can lead to incorrect addressing for global symbols due to misconfigured Global Pointer usage.
Is there a workaround for CVE-2024-11263?
A potential workaround for CVE-2024-11263 is to adjust your software's memory management settings.