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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 17, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-26818

CVE-2024-26818

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tools/rtla: Fix clang warning about mount_point var size

clang is reporting this warning:

$ make HOSTCC=clang CC=clang LLVM_IAS=1 [...] clang -O -g -DVERSION=\"6.8.0-rc3\" -flto=auto -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS $(pkg-config --cflags libtracefs) -c -o src/utils.o src/utils.c

src/utils.c:548:66: warning: 'fscanf' may overflow; destination buffer in argument 3 has size 1024, but the corresponding specifier may require size 1025 [-Wfortify-source] 548 | while (fscanf(fp, "%*s %" STR(MAX_PATH) "s %99s %*s %*d %*d\n", mount_point, type) == 2) { | ^

Increase mount_point variable size to MAX_PATH+1 to avoid the overflow.

Affected products

8
  • Linux/Kernel7 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.5,<6.6.18
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 6.5
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 6.5.0, < 6.6.18

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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