CVE-2024-38560: linux Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-38560 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 40 · Related 36Timeline
- 19-06-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: bfa: Ensure the copied buf is NUL terminated Currently, we allocate a nbytes-sized kernel buffer and copy nbytes from userspace to that buffer. Later, we use sscanf on this buffer but we don't ensure that the string is terminated inside the buffer, this can lead to OOB read when using sscanf. Fix this issue by using memdup_user_nul instead of memdup_user.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.27%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
17%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.27% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu128 products
- linux< 4.4.0-261.295 | < 4.15.0-231.243 | < 5.4.0-192.212 | < 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-40.40
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 4.4.0-1138.144 | < 4.4.0-1176.191 | < 4.15.0-1175.188 | < 5.4.0-1130.140 | < 5.15.0-1069.75 | < 6.8.0-1013.14
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 9f30b674759b9a2da25aefe25d885161d8a911cb, < 481fc0c8617304a67649027c4a44723a139a0462 | ≥ 9f30b674759b9a2da25aefe25d885161d8a911cb, < 595a6b98deec01b6dbb20139f71edcd5fb760ec2 | ≥ 9f30b674759b9a2da25aefe25d885161d8a911cb, < 00b425ff0891283207d7bad607a2412225274d7a | ≥ 9f30b674759b9a2da25aefe25d885161d8a911cb, < 1708e3cf2488788cba5489e4f913d227de757baf | ≥ 9f30b674759b9a2da25aefe25d885161d8a911cb, < 7d3e694c4fe30f3aba9cd5ae86fb947a54c3db5c | ≥ 9f30b674759b9a2da25aefe25d885161d8a911cb, < 204714e68015d6946279719fd464ecaf57240f35 | ≥ 9f30b674759b9a2da25aefe25d885161d8a911cb, < 7510fab46b1cbd1680e2a096e779aec3334b4143 | ≥ 9f30b674759b9a2da25aefe25d885161d8a911cb, < ecb76200f5557a2886888aaa53702da1ab9e6cdf | ≥ 9f30b674759b9a2da25aefe25d885161d8a911cb, < 13d0cecb4626fae67c00c84d3c7851f6b62f7df3 | 3.19
- linux_kernel≥ 3.19, < 4.19.316 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.278 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.219 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.161 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.93 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.33 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.8.12 | ≥ 6.9, < 6.9.3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.94-1 | < 6.8.12-1
3 vendors · 131 products
