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]
History

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:30:00 +0000


Fri, 28 Feb 2025 02:00:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low


Thu, 27 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000

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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]
Title safesetid: check size of policy writes
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-02-27T02:12:08.547Z

Updated: 2025-03-24T15:38:00.473Z

Reserved: 2025-02-27T02:10:48.228Z

Link: CVE-2024-58016

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-02-27T03:15:12.590

Modified: 2025-03-13T13:15:44.400

Link: CVE-2024-58016

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-02-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-58016 - Bugzilla