CVE-2024-53681: linux Classic Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-53681 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Classic Buffer Overflow vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 15-01-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 11-05-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: Don't overflow subsysnqn nvmet_root_discovery_nqn_store treats the subsysnqn string like a fixed size buffer, even though it is dynamically allocated to the size of the string. Create a new string with kstrndup instead of using the old buffer.

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.