CVE-2024-58016
Published: February 28, 2025Last modified: February 28, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: safesetid: check size of policy writes syzbot attempts to write a buffer with a large size to a sysfs entry with writes handled by handle_policy_update(), triggering a warning in kmalloc. Check the size specified for write buffers before allocating. [PM: subject tweak]
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.1.130-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.41-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.41-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36b385d0f2b4c0bf41d491e19075ecd990d2bf94
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96fae5bd1589731592d30b3953a90a77ef3928a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/976284b94f2021df09829e37a367e19b84d9e5f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0dec65f88c8d9290dfa1d2ca1e897abe54c5881
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c71d35676d46090c891b6419f253fb92a1a9f4eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecf6a4a558097920447a6fb84dfdb279e2ac749a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f09ff307c7299392f1c88f763299e24bc99811c7