Vulnerability Details : 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 -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.
Products affected by CVE-2024-26818
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-26818
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 9 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2024-26818
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
|
3.6
|
NIST | 2025-03-27 |
5.5
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
N/A
|
N/A
|
RedHat-CVE-2024-26818 | 2024-04-17 |
References for CVE-2024-26818
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a585914c266dc044f53b5c83c170f79b45fcf9a
tools/rtla: Fix clang warning about mount_point var size - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30369084ac6e27479a347899e74f523e6ca29b89
tools/rtla: Fix clang warning about mount_point var size - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bdd43f62ab3bb5a306af7f0ab857af45777f5a8
tools/rtla: Fix clang warning about mount_point var size - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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