Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-57952
Published: February 12, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103924
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:U/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-57952
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the simple_offset_destroy(), offset_dir_open(), offset_dir_llseek(), offset_dir_emit() and offset_iterate_dir() functions in fs/libfs.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-57952
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f250b82040a72b0059ae00855a74d8570ad2147
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e9e710f68bac49bd9b587823c077d06363440e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b662d858131da9a8a14e68661656989b14dbf113
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.12
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.13.1
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.14