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DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26818

MediumCVSS 5.5 / 10
Published Apr 17, 2024·Last modified Jun 15, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tools/rtla: Fix clang warning about mount_point var size clang is reporting this warning: $ make HOSTCC=clang CC=clang LLVM_IAS=1 [...] clang -O -g -DVERSION="6.8.0-rc3" -flto=auto -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS $(pkg-config --cflags libtracefs) -c -o src/utils.o src/utils.c src/utils.c:548:66: warning: 'fscanf' may overflow; destination buffer in argument 3 has size 1024, but the corresponding specifier may require size 1025 [-Wfortify-source] 548 | while (fscanf(fp, "%*s %" STR(MAX_PATH) "s %99s %*s %*d %*d\n", mount_point, type) == 2) { | ^ Increase mount_point variable size to MAX_PATH+1 to avoid the overflow.

Risk Scores
Base Score
5.5

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
5.1

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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