CVE-2024-54456

HIGH EPSS 11.0%
Published Feb 27, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Feb 27, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix potential buffer overflowin nfs_sysfs_link_rpc_client() name is char[64] where the size of clnt->cl_program->name remains unknown. Invoking strcat() directly will also lead to potential buffer overflow. Change them to strscpy() and strncat() to fix potential issues.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
11.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.5  –  <6.6.79
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.12.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.13.4

References 4

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19b3ca651b4b473878c73539febe477905041442
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49fd4e34751e90e6df009b70cd0659dc839e7ca8
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd8830779b77f4d1206d28d02ad56a03fc0e78f7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e0eb5601d4a6c74c336e3710afe3a0348c469d
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19b3ca651b4b473878c73539febe477905041442
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49fd4e34751e90e6df009b70cd0659dc839e7ca8
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd8830779b77f4d1206d28d02ad56a03fc0e78f7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8e0eb5601d4a6c74c336e3710afe3a0348c469d
    Patch