CVE-2024-1298

EDK2 contains a vulnerability when S3 sleep is activated where an Attacker may cause a Division-By-Zero due to a UNIT32 overflow via local access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Availability.

EDK II is a modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and PI specifications.

Security Fix(es):

EDK2 contains a vulnerability when S3 sleep is activated where an Attacker may cause a Division-By-Zero due to a UNIT32 overflow via local access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Availability.(CVE-2024-1298)

EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

Security Fix(es):

• edk2: Predictable TCP Initial Sequence Numbers (CVE-2023-45236)

• edk2: Use of a Weak PseudoRandom Number Generator (CVE-2023-45237)

• edk2: Temporary DoS vulnerability (CVE-2024-1298)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

EDK2 contains a vulnerability when S3 sleep is activated where an Attacker may cause a Division-By-Zero due to a UNIT32 overflow via local access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Availability.

EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

Security Fix(es):

• edk2: Predictable TCP Initial Sequence Numbers (CVE-2023-45236)
• edk2: Use of a Weak PseudoRandom Number Generator (CVE-2023-45237)
• edk2: Temporary DoS vulnerability (CVE-2024-1298)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

Security Fix(es):

• mysql: openssl: POLY1305 MAC implementation corrupts vector registers on PowerPC (CVE-2023-6129)
• openssl: Excessive time spent checking invalid RSA public keys (CVE-2023-6237)
• openssl: denial of service via null dereference (CVE-2024-0727)
• edk2: Temporary DoS vulnerability (CVE-2024-1298)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

EDK2 contains a vulnerability when S3 sleep is activated where an Attacker may cause a Division-By-Zero due to a UNIT32 overflow via local access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Availability.

EDK2 contains a vulnerability when S3 sleep is activated where an Attacker may cause a Division-By-Zero due to a UNIT32 overflow via local access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Availability.

EDK2 contains a vulnerability when S3 sleep is activated where an Attacker may cause a Division-By-Zero due to a UNIT32 overflow via local access. A successful exploit of this vulnerability may lead to a loss of Availability.

• CVE-2024-1298: fix potential UINT32 overflow in S3 ResumeCount that could DoS firmware on resume (EDK2)
• CVE-2024-38796: fix integer overflow in PeCoffLoaderRelocateImage() that could lead to memory corruption (EDK2)
• CVE-2023-2650: fix DoS in OBJ_obj2txt() when parsing OBJECT IDENTIFIERs with very large sub-identifiers (bundled OpenSSL)
• CVE-2023-3446: fix excessive runtime in DH_check() when supplied with over-sized modulus (bundled OpenSSL)
• CVE-2024-0727: fix NULL pointer dereference in PKCS12 ContentInfo handling that could crash applications (bundled OpenSSL)

EDK (Embedded Development Kit) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.

Security Fix(es):

• mysql: openssl: POLY1305 MAC implementation corrupts vector registers on PowerPC (CVE-2023-6129)

• openssl: Excessive time spent checking invalid RSA public keys (CVE-2023-6237)

• openssl: denial of service via null dereference (CVE-2024-0727)

• edk2: Temporary DoS vulnerability (CVE-2024-1298)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2024-1298: Fixed potential UINT32 overflow in S3 ResumeCount (bsc#1225889).

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2024-1298: MdeModulePkg: Potential UINT32 overflow in S3 ResumeCount (bsc#1225889)

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2024-1298: Fixed potential UINT32 overflow in S3 ResumeCount (bsc#1225889).

Other fixes:

• Fixed Kubevirt GPU passthrough failure (bsc#1245542)

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2024-1298: potential division-by-zero crash in edk2 due to UINT32 overflow in S3 ResumeCount. (bsc#1225889)
• CVE-2023-45229: out-of-bounds read in edk2 when processing IA_NA/IA_TA options in DHCPv6 Advertise messages. (bsc#1218879)
• CVE-2023-45230: buffer overflow in the DHCPv6 client in edk2 via a long Server ID option. (bsc#1218880)
• CVE-2023-45231: out-of-bounds read in edk2 when handling a ND Redirect message with truncated options. (bsc#1218881)
• CVE-2023-45232: infinite loop in edk2 when parsing unknown options in the Destination Options header. (bsc#1218882)
• CVE-2023-45233: infinite loop in edk2 when parsing PadN options in the Destination Options header. (bsc#1218883)
• CVE-2023-45234: buffer overflow in edk2 when processing DNS Servers options in a DHCPv6 Advertise message. (bsc#1218884)
• CVE-2023-45235: buffer overflow in edk2 when handling the Server ID option in a DHCPv6 proxy Advertise message. (bsc#1218885)
• CVE-2023-45236: predictable TCP Initial Sequence Numbers in edk2 network packages. (bsc#1218886)
• CVE-2023-45237: use of a weak pseudorandom number generator in edk2. (bsc#1218887)

It was discovered that EDK II was susceptible to a predictable TCP Initial Sequence Number. An attacker could possibly use this issue to gain unauthorized access. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-45236, CVE-2023-45237)

It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled S3 sleep. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-1298)

It was discovered that the EDK II PE/COFF loader incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-38796)

It was discovered that the EDK II PE image hashing function incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-38797)

It was discovered that the EDK II BIOS incorrectly handled certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-38805, CVE-2025-2295)

It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled the enabling of MCE. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-3770)

It was discovered that the OpenSSL library embedded in EDK II contained multiple vulnerabilties. An attacker could possibly use these issues to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3712, CVE-2022-0778, CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2023-0464, CVE-2023-0465, CVE-2023-0466, CVE-2023-2650, CVE-2023-3446, CVE-2023-3817, CVE-2023-5678, CVE-2023-6237, CVE-2024-0727, CVE-2024-13176, CVE-2024-2511, CVE-2024-41996, CVE-2024-4741, CVE-2024-5535, CVE-2024-6119, CVE-2024-9143, CVE-2025-9232)