Description

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.

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Published Date :

2024-11-09T10:15:12.251Z

Last Modified :

2025-11-03T22:27:39.103Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-50259 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2024-50259.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27bd7a742e171362c9eb52ad5d1d71d3321f949f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ce1f56a1eaced2523329bef800d004e30f2f76c cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a604877160fe5ab2e1985d5ce1ba6a61abe0693 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcba86e03b3aac361ea671672cf48eed11f9011c cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2150f666c6fc301d5d1643ed0f92251f1a0ff0d cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024110939-CVE-2024-50259-b07b@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50259 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50259 cve-icon
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