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.
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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 | |
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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

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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-02-27T03:15:12.590
Modified: 2025-03-13T13:15:44.400
Link: CVE-2024-58016
