CVE-2024-26988
init/main.c: Fix potential static_command_line memory overflow
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 1, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 19, 2024
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
init/main.c: Fix potential static_command_line memory overflow
We allocate memory of size 'xlen + strlen(boot_command_line) + 1' for static_command_line, but the strings copied into static_command_line are extra_command_line and command_line, rather than extra_command_line and boot_command_line.
When strlen(command_line) > strlen(boot_command_line), static_command_line will overflow.
This patch just recovers strlen(command_line) which was miss-consolidated with strlen(boot_command_line) in the commit f5c7310ac73e ("init/main: add checks for the return value of memblock_alloc*()")
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ef607ea103616aec0289f1b65d103d499fa903a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dc727a4e05400205358a22c3d01ccad2c8e1fe4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76c2f4d426a5358fced5d5990744d46f10a4ccea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81cf85ae4f2dd5fa3e43021782aa72c4c85558e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/936a02b5a9630c5beb0353c3085cc49d86c57034
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46dad3c1e57897ab9228332f03e1c14798d2d3b9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DAMSOZXJEPUOXW33WZYWCVAY7Z5S7OOY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EZ6PJW7VOZ224TD7N4JZNU6KV32ZJ53/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GCBZZEC7L7KTWWAS2NLJK6SO3IZIL4WW/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
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