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CVE-2024-58016safesetid: check size of policy writes
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.21%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 89% 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: safesetid: check size of policy writes syzbot attempts to write a buffer with a large size to a sysfs entry with writes handled by handle_policy_update(), triggering a warning in kmalloc. Check the size specified for write buffers before allocating. [PM: subject tweak]
Timeline
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By Linux
Published
- 21 months later
· 21 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)
- 0.21% · top 89% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
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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 aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – < 976284b94f2021df09829e37a367e19b84d9e5f3
- affected aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – < ecf6a4a558097920447a6fb84dfdb279e2ac749a
- affected aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – < a0dec65f88c8d9290dfa1d2ca1e897abe54c5881
- affected aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – < 96fae5bd1589731592d30b3953a90a77ef3928a6
- affected aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – < 36b385d0f2b4c0bf41d491e19075ecd990d2bf94
- affected aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – < c71d35676d46090c891b6419f253fb92a1a9f4eb
- affected aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – < f09ff307c7299392f1c88f763299e24bc99811c7
- affected 5.1
- unaffected < 5.1
- unaffected 5.10.235 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.179 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.129 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.78 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.14 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.13.3 – ≤ 6.13.*
- unaffected 6.14 – ≤ *
References
References12
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/976284b94f2021df09829e37a367e19b84d9e5f3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecf6a4a558097920447a6fb84dfdb279e2ac749a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0dec65f88c8d9290dfa1d2ca1e897abe54c5881 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96fae5bd1589731592d30b3953a90a77ef3928a6 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36b385d0f2b4c0bf41d491e19075ecd990d2bf94 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c71d35676d46090c891b6419f253fb92a1a9f4eb (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f09ff307c7299392f1c88f763299e24bc99811c7 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.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-2025-5206 (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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