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Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-58016safesetid: check size of policy writes

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 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.3% 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: safesetid: check size of policy writes syzbot attempts to write a buffer with a large size to a sysfs entry with writes handled by handle_policy_update(), triggering a warning in kmalloc. Check the size specified for write buffers before allocating. [PM: subject tweak]

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.129-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58016
Debian:13linux6.12.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58016
Debian:14linux6.12.15-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-140.150UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-140.150USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-64.67USN-7651-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-64.67UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1084.91USN-7510-7
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1084.91UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1032.34UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1032.34USN-7651-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1089.98UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1089.98USN-7510-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1034.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1034.39USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1089.98.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1022.23USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1083.92UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1083.92USN-7511-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1033.35USN-7651-4
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1033.35UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1USN-7651-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1081.87USN-7511-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1081.87UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1028.32USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1066.74UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1066.74USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1015.17USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1015.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1USN-7653-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1076.79USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1076.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1029.29USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1029.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1079.85USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1079.85UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1080.85USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1080.85UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-140.150UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-140.150USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-64.67.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-64.67.1USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1USN-7521-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1078.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1078.79USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1031.34UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1031.34USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1031.34~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1031.34~22.04.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1031.34.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1031.34.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1037.37UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1037.37USN-7510-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1026.26USN-7510-7
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1022.22USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1031.31UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1031.31USN-7651-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1081.87USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1081.87UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1029.30USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1029.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1029.30~22.04.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1029.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1078.81USN-7510-7
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1078.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1031.35USN-7651-6
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1031.35UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1050.54UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58016
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1050.54USN-7602-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – before 976284b94f2021df09829e37a367e19b84d9e5f3aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – before ecf6a4a558097920447a6fb84dfdb279e2ac749aaeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – before a0dec65f88c8d9290dfa1d2ca1e897abe54c5881aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – before 96fae5bd1589731592d30b3953a90a77ef3928a6aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – before 36b385d0f2b4c0bf41d491e19075ecd990d2bf94aeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – before c71d35676d46090c891b6419f253fb92a1a9f4ebaeca4e2ca65c1aeacfbe520684e6421719d99417 – before f09ff307c7299392f1c88f763299e24bc99811c7
Linux Linux 5.1

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