Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rcu-tasks: Fix show_rcu_tasks_trace_gp_kthread buffer overflow

There is a possibility of buffer overflow in
show_rcu_tasks_trace_gp_kthread() if counters, passed
to sprintf() are huge. Counter numbers, needed for this
are unrealistically high, but buffer overflow is still
possible.

Use snprintf() with buffer size instead of sprintf().

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-38577

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.08% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17c43211d45f13d1badea3942b76bf16bcc49281
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af7b560c88fb420099e29890aa682b8a3efc8784
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08186d0c5fb64a1cc4b43e009314ee6b173ed222
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32d988f48ed287e676a29a15ac30701c35849aec
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6593d857ce5b5b802fb73d8091ac9c84b92c1697
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a240e138071b25944ded0f5b3e357aa99fabcb7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc5645fddb0ce28492b15520306d092730dffa48

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