Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-54456NFS: Fix potential buffer overflowin nfs_sysfs_link_rpc_client()

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-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 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.6% 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: NFS: Fix potential buffer overflowin nfs_sysfs_link_rpc_client() name is char[64] where the size of clnt->cl_program->name remains unknown. Invoking strcat() directly will also lead to potential buffer overflow. Change them to strscpy() and strncat() to fix potential issues.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:10kernel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-cross-headers6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-uki-virt6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt-addons6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10libperf6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10perf6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10python3-perf6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10rtla6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:10rv6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
Debian:13linux6.12.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-54456
Debian:14linux6.12.16-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-54456
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1RLSA-2025:20095
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7RLSA-2025:20518
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-78.78USN-7703-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-78.78UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1035.37UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1035.37USN-7703-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1035.37~22.04.1USN-7703-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1035.37~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1034.39USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1034.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1022.23USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1036.38USN-7703-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1036.38UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1036.38~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1036.38~22.04.1USN-7703-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1032.36USN-7703-4
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1032.36UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1019.21USN-7703-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1019.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-78.78~22.04.1USN-7703-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-78.78~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1033.33USN-7703-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1033.33UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1033.33~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54456
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1033.33~22.04.1USN-7703-2

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux e13b549319a684dd80c4cc25e9567a5c84007e32 – before 19b3ca651b4b473878c73539febe477905041442e13b549319a684dd80c4cc25e9567a5c84007e32 – before dd8830779b77f4d1206d28d02ad56a03fc0e78f7e13b549319a684dd80c4cc25e9567a5c84007e32 – before e8e0eb5601d4a6c74c336e3710afe3a0348c469de13b549319a684dd80c4cc25e9567a5c84007e32 – before 49fd4e34751e90e6df009b70cd0659dc839e7ca8
Linux Linux 6.5

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