5.5

CVE-2024-26818: tools/rtla: Fix clang warning about mount_point var size

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26818DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26818
Published 17-04-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-26818 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5
USN-6895-1USN-6895-2USN-6895-3USN-6895-4USN-6900-1

Timeline

  1. 17-04-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu75 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ a957cbc02531a23beeac6dd9e751f8d4dadaf7a9, < 8a585914c266dc044f53b5c83c170f79b45fcf9a | ≥ a957cbc02531a23beeac6dd9e751f8d4dadaf7a9, < 6bdd43f62ab3bb5a306af7f0ab857af45777f5a8 | ≥ a957cbc02531a23beeac6dd9e751f8d4dadaf7a9, < 30369084ac6e27479a347899e74f523e6ca29b89 | 6.5
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.5, < 6.6.18 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.7.6 | 6.8:rc1 | 6.8:rc2 | 6.8:rc3 | 6.8:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.7.7-1

3 vendors · 78 products

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