Vulnerability · Published Jan 15, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-53681nvmet: Don't overflow subsysnqn

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53681
Debian:14linux6.12.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-21.21~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53681

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 95409e277d8343810adf8700d29d4329828d452b – before 86645d8d062af3fdcbdaa0a289b95de55bca827d95409e277d8343810adf8700d29d4329828d452b – before 4db3d750ac7e894278ef1cb1c53cc7d883060496
Linux Linux 6.9

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