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CVE-2024-26736

Public on 2024-04-03
Modified on 2024-05-17
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Increase buffer size in afs_update_volume_status() The max length of volume->vid value is 20 characters. So increase idbuf[] size up to 24 to avoid overflow. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [DH: Actually, it's 20 + NUL, so increase it to 24 and use snprintf()]

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2024-03-27 21:47 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2024-052
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2024-12-05 01:00 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2024-076
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2024-05-23 23:02 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2024-068

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2024-26736 Mitre: CVE-2024-26736 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity