Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-modules-extra-matched package, versions <0:6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY10-KERNELMODULESEXTRAMATCHED-14140455
  • published28 Nov 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 Rocky-Linux:10 kernel-modules-extra-matched to version 0:6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2025:20095.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-extra-matched package and not the kernel-modules-extra-matched package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:10 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