In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rcu: Fix buffer overflow in print_cpu_stall_info()
The rcuc-starvation output from print_cpu_stall_info() might overflow the
buffer if there is a huge difference in jiffies difference. The situation
might seem improbable, but computers sometimes get very confused about
time, which can result in full-sized integers, and, in this case,
buffer overflow.
Also, the unsigned jiffies difference is printed using %ld, which is
normally for signed integers. This is intentional for debugging purposes,
but it is not obvious from the code.
This commit therefore changes sprintf() to snprintf() and adds a
clarifying comment about intention of %ld format.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-06-19T13:37:35.142Z
Updated: 2024-08-02T04:12:25.929Z
Reserved: 2024-06-18T19:36:34.924Z
Link: CVE-2024-38576
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2024-06-20T15:40:41.143Z
NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2024-06-19T14:15:17.700
Modified: 2024-07-03T02:05:14.340
Link: CVE-2024-38576
Redhat