CVE-2024-50259

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2024-11-09

Last modified

2026-05-11

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27bd7a742e171362c9eb52ad5d1d71d3321f949f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ce1f56a1eaced2523329bef800d004e30f2f76c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a604877160fe5ab2e1985d5ce1ba6a61abe0693
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcba86e03b3aac361ea671672cf48eed11f9011c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2150f666c6fc301d5d1643ed0f92251f1a0ff0d
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html