CVE-2024-50259netdevsim: Add trailing zero to terminate the string in nsim_nexthop_bucket_activity_write()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.22%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 87% 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: netdevsim: Add trailing zero to terminate the string in nsim_nexthop_bucket_activity_write() This was found by a static analyzer. We should not forget the trailing zero after copy_from_user() if we will further do some string operations, sscanf() in this case. Adding a trailing zero will ensure that the function performs properly.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 18 months later
· 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 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)
- 0.22% · top 87% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected c6385c0b67c527b298111775bc89a7407ba1581e – < c2150f666c6fc301d5d1643ed0f92251f1a0ff0d
- affected c6385c0b67c527b298111775bc89a7407ba1581e – < bcba86e03b3aac361ea671672cf48eed11f9011c
- affected c6385c0b67c527b298111775bc89a7407ba1581e – < 6a604877160fe5ab2e1985d5ce1ba6a61abe0693
- affected c6385c0b67c527b298111775bc89a7407ba1581e – < 27bd7a742e171362c9eb52ad5d1d71d3321f949f
- affected c6385c0b67c527b298111775bc89a7407ba1581e – < 4ce1f56a1eaced2523329bef800d004e30f2f76c
- affected 5.13
- unaffected < 5.13
- unaffected 5.15.171 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.116 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.60 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.11.7 – ≤ 6.11.*
- unaffected 6.12 – ≤ *
References
References6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2150f666c6fc301d5d1643ed0f92251f1a0ff0d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcba86e03b3aac361ea671672cf48eed11f9011c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a604877160fe5ab2e1985d5ce1ba6a61abe0693 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27bd7a742e171362c9eb52ad5d1d71d3321f949f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ce1f56a1eaced2523329bef800d004e30f2f76c (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.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-2024-44761 (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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