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CVE-2024-58016 Detail

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]


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Hyperlink Resource
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

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-58016
NVD Published Date:
02/26/2025
NVD Last Modified:
03/13/2025
Source:
kernel.org