{"id":"CVE-2024-58016","revision":"e9aa813180c7492a828050cd1da73832","records":[{"revision":"e9aa813180c7492a828050cd1da73832","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2024-58016","aliases":[],"title":"safesetid: check size of policy writes","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsafesetid: check size of policy writes\n\nsyzbot attempts to write a buffer with a large size to a sysfs entry\nwith writes handled by handle_policy_update(), triggering a warning\nin kmalloc.\n\nCheck the size specified for write buffers before allocating.\n\n[PM: subject tweak]","state":0,"publishedAt":"2025-02-27T02:12:08.547+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-15T01:01:25.913+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"security/safesetid/securityfs.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"976284b94f2021df09829e37a367e19b84d9e5f3\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"ecf6a4a558097920447a6fb84dfdb279e2ac749a\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"a0dec65f88c8d9290dfa1d2ca1e897abe54c5881\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"96fae5bd1589731592d30b3953a90a77ef3928a6\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"36b385d0f2b4c0bf41d491e19075ecd990d2bf94\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"c71d35676d46090c891b6419f253fb92a1a9f4eb\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"f09ff307c7299392f1c88f763299e24bc99811c7\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"},{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"affected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"security/safesetid/securityfs.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.1\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"0\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"5.1\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.10.235\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.10.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.15.179\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.15.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.1.129\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.78\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.14\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.13.3\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.13.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.14\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/976284b94f2021df09829e37a367e19b84d9e5f3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecf6a4a558097920447a6fb84dfdb279e2ac749a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0dec65f88c8d9290dfa1d2ca1e897abe54c5881","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96fae5bd1589731592d30b3953a90a77ef3928a6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36b385d0f2b4c0bf41d491e19075ecd990d2bf94","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c71d35676d46090c891b6419f253fb92a1a9f4eb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f09ff307c7299392f1c88f763299e24bc99811c7"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-58016","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2024-58016","identifiers":["CVE-2024-58016"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}