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CVE-2024-50259
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2024-11-09T11:15:11.483 · Last modified 2026-06-17T08:04:02.080

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: Add trailing zero to terminate the string in nsim_nexthop_bucket_activity_write() This was found by a static analyzer. We should not forget the trailing zero after copy_from_user() if we will further do some string operations, sscanf() in this case. Adding a trailing zero will ensure that the function performs properly.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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