Out-of-bounds Write Affecting linux-virt package, versions <6.12.17-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LINUXVIRT-13713374
  • published25 Oct 2025
  • disclosed27 Feb 2025

Introduced: 27 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-54456  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest linux-virt to version 6.12.17-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-virt package and not the linux-virt package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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

NFS: Fix potential buffer overflowin nfs_sysfs_link_rpc_client()

name is char[64] where the size of clnt->cl_program->name remains unknown. Invoking strcat() directly will also lead to potential buffer overflow. Change them to strscpy() and strncat() to fix potential issues.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1