CVE-2024-58016

low-risk
Published 2025-02-27

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]

Do I need to act?

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0.02% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (9)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36b385d0f2b4c0bf41d491e19075ecd990d2bf94
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96fae5bd1589731592d30b3953a90a77ef3928a6
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/976284b94f2021df09829e37a367e19b84d9e5f3
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0dec65f88c8d9290dfa1d2ca1e897abe54c5881
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c71d35676d46090c891b6419f253fb92a1a9f4eb
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecf6a4a558097920447a6fb84dfdb279e2ac749a
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f09ff307c7299392f1c88f763299e24bc99811c7
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal