CVE-2024-26818
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tools/rtla: Fix clang warning about mount_point var size clang is reporting this warning: $ make HOSTCC=clang CC=clang LLVM_IAS=1 [...] clang -O -g -DVERSION=\"6.8.0-rc3\" -flto=auto…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tools/rtla: Fix clang warning about mount_point var size clang is reporting this warning: $ make HOSTCC=clang CC=clang LLVM_IAS=1 [...] clang -O -g -DVERSION=\"6.8.0-rc3\" -flto=auto -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS $(pkg-config --cflags libtracefs) -c -o src/utils.o src/utils.c src/utils.c:548:66: warning: 'fscanf' may overflow; destination buffer in argument 3 has size 1024, but the corresponding specifier may require size 1025 [-Wfortify-source] 548 | while (fscanf(fp, "%*s %" STR(MAX_PATH) "s %99s %*s %*d %*d\n", mount_point, type) == 2) { | ^ Increase mount_point variable size to MAX_PATH+1 to avoid the overflow.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30369084ac6e27479a347899e74f523e6ca29b89Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bdd43f62ab3bb5a306af7f0ab857af45777f5a8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a585914c266dc044f53b5c83c170f79b45fcf9aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30369084ac6e27479a347899e74f523e6ca29b89Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bdd43f62ab3bb5a306af7f0ab857af45777f5a8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a585914c266dc044f53b5c83c170f79b45fcf9aPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.