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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 13, 2024· Updated Jan 5, 2026

firewire: nosy: ensure user_length is taken into account when fetching packet contents

CVE-2024-27401

Description

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

firewire: nosy: ensure user_length is taken into account when fetching packet contents

Ensure that packet_buffer_get respects the user_length provided. If the length of the head packet exceeds the user_length, packet_buffer_get will now return 0 to signify to the user that no data were read and a larger buffer size is required. Helps prevent user space overflows.

Affected products

115

Patches

0

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Vulnerability mechanics

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