CVE-2024-26818
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
17/04/2024
Last modified:
27/03/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
tools/rtla: Fix clang warning about mount_point var size<br />
<br />
clang is reporting this warning:<br />
<br />
$ make HOSTCC=clang CC=clang LLVM_IAS=1<br />
[...]<br />
clang -O -g -DVERSION=\"6.8.0-rc3\" -flto=auto -fexceptions<br />
-fstack-protector-strong -fasynchronous-unwind-tables<br />
-fstack-clash-protection -Wall -Werror=format-security<br />
-Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS<br />
$(pkg-config --cflags libtracefs) -c -o src/utils.o src/utils.c<br />
<br />
src/utils.c:548:66: warning: &#39;fscanf&#39; may overflow; destination buffer in argument 3 has size 1024, but the corresponding specifier may require size 1025 [-Wfortify-source]<br />
548 | while (fscanf(fp, "%*s %" STR(MAX_PATH) "s %99s %*s %*d %*d\n", mount_point, type) == 2) {<br />
| ^<br />
<br />
Increase mount_point variable size to MAX_PATH+1 to avoid the overflow.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.5 (including) | 6.6.18 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.7.6 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30369084ac6e27479a347899e74f523e6ca29b89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bdd43f62ab3bb5a306af7f0ab857af45777f5a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a585914c266dc044f53b5c83c170f79b45fcf9a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30369084ac6e27479a347899e74f523e6ca29b89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bdd43f62ab3bb5a306af7f0ab857af45777f5a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a585914c266dc044f53b5c83c170f79b45fcf9a



