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CVE-2024-38576

2024-06-2000:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
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linux kernel
buffer overflow
rcu
print_cpu_stall_info
jiffies difference
sprintf
snprintf
debugging
svace

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

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.

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

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