Description
A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. After the fix of CVE-2019-14865, grub2-set-bootflag will create a temporary file with the new grubenv content and rename it to the original grubenv file. If the program is killed before the rename operation, the temporary file will not be removed and may fill the filesystem when invoked multiple times, resulting in a filesystem out of free inodes or blocks.
Published: 2024-02-06
Score: 3.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-16824 A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. After the fix of CVE-2019-14865, grub2-set-bootflag will create a temporary file with the new grubenv content and rename it to the original grubenv file. If the program is killed before the rename operation, the temporary file will not be removed and may fill the filesystem when invoked multiple times, resulting in a filesystem out of free inodes or blocks.

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Fedoraproject Fedora
Gnu Grub2
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-20T18:11:20.016Z

Reserved: 2024-01-29T18:42:11.310Z

Link: CVE-2024-1048

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:26:30.341Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-06T18:15:59.250

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:49:40.727

Link: CVE-2024-1048

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-02-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-1048 - Bugzilla

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