CVE-2024-26736

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.15-6.7.7 - Out-of-bounds Write in afs_update_volume_status

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Increase buffer size in afs_update_volume_status() The max length of volume->vid value is 20 characters. So increase idbuf[] size up to 24 to avoid overflow. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [DH: Actually, it's 20 + NUL, so increase it to 24 and use snprintf()]

References (8)

Core 8

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (25)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 5.4.270linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.150linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.80linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.211linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.19linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.7.7linux
Linux/Linux < 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.15
Linux/Linux 5.10.211 - 5.10.*
... and 15 more
Published Apr 03, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026