Description
NeKernal is a free and open-source operating system stack. Version 0.0.2 has a 1-byte heap overflow in `rt_copy_memory`, which unconditionally wrote a null terminator at `dst[len]`. When `len` equals the size of the destination buffer (256 bytes), that extra `'\0'` write overruns the buffer by one byte. To avoid breaking existing callers or changing the public API, the patch in commit fb7b7f658327f659c6a6da1af151cb389c2ca4ee takes a minimal approach: it simply removes the overflow-causing line without adding bounds checks or altering the function signature.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/nekernel-org/nekernel/security/advisories/GHSA-jvvh-fp57-2p32
Scores
CVSS v4
8.6
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-122
Status
published
Products (1)
nekernel-org/nekernel
= 0.0.2
Published
Jun 02, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026