In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rcu: Fix buffer overflow in print_cpu_stall_info() The rcuc-starvation output from print_cpu_stall_info() might overflow the buffer if there is a huge difference in jiffies difference. The situation might seem improbable, but computers sometimes get very confused about time, which can result in full-sized integers, and, in this case, buffer overflow. Also, the unsigned jiffies difference is printed using %ld, which is normally for signed integers. This is intentional for debugging purposes, but it is not obvious from the code. This commit therefore changes sprintf() to snprintf() and adds a clarifying comment about intention of %ld format. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
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Debian | 12 | all | linux | < 6.1.94-1 | linux_6.1.94-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | linux | < 5.10.223-1 | linux_5.10.223-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | linux | < 6.8.12-1 | linux_6.8.12-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | linux | < 6.8.12-1 | linux_6.8.12-1_all.deb |