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]
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Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:45:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Thu, 27 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000
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| Description | 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] | |
| Title | safesetid: check size of policy writes | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-02-27T02:12:08.547Z
Updated: 2025-05-04T10:08:30.860Z
Reserved: 2025-02-27T02:10:48.228Z
Link: CVE-2024-58016
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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-02-27T03:15:12.590
Modified: 2025-10-22T19:36:52.750
Link: CVE-2024-58016