| Name | CVE-2024-50259 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4008-1, DSA-5818-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.234-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.129-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.135-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 6.12.25-1 | fixed | |
| linux-6.1 (PTS) | bullseye (security) | 6.1.129-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | bullseye | (not affected) | |||
| linux | source | bookworm | 6.1.119-1 | DSA-5818-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 6.11.7-1 | |||
| linux-6.1 | source | bullseye | 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 | DLA-4008-1 |
[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/4ce1f56a1eaced2523329bef800d004e30f2f76c (6.12-rc6)