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CVE-2024-45008Input: MT - limit max slots
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 85% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: MT - limit max slots syzbot is reporting too large allocation at input_mt_init_slots(), for num_slots is supplied from userspace using ioctl(UI_DEV_CREATE). Since nobody knows possible max slots, this patch chose 1024.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc – < 2829c80614890624456337e47320289112785f3e
- affected 38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc – < 87f610a1a7fbdb1f2e3d90b54c955bd3b8a0c322
- affected 38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc – < 05dd9aabd04f9b5eb04dab9bb83d8c3e982d7549
- affected 38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc – < 95f73d01f547dfc67fda3022c51e377a0454b505
- affected 38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc – < 94736334b8a25e4fae8daa6934e54a31f099be43
- affected 38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc – < 8f04edd554d191834e9e1349ef030318ea6b11ba
- affected 38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc – < cd19f1799c32ba7b874474b1b968815ce5364f73
- affected 38e7afe96c7c0ad900824911c61fdb04078033dc – < 99d3bf5f7377d42f8be60a6b9cb60fb0be34dceb
- affected 2.6.36
- unaffected < 2.6.36
- unaffected 4.19.321 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.283 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.225 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.166 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.107 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.48 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.10.7 – ≤ 6.10.*
- unaffected 6.11 – ≤ *
References
References10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2829c80614890624456337e47320289112785f3e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87f610a1a7fbdb1f2e3d90b54c955bd3b8a0c322 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05dd9aabd04f9b5eb04dab9bb83d8c3e982d7549 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f73d01f547dfc67fda3022c51e377a0454b505 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94736334b8a25e4fae8daa6934e54a31f099be43 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f04edd554d191834e9e1349ef030318ea6b11ba (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd19f1799c32ba7b874474b1b968815ce5364f73 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99d3bf5f7377d42f8be60a6b9cb60fb0be34dceb (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-41581 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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