CVE-2024-39480
Published: Jul 5, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kdb: Fix buffer overflow during tab-complete Currently, when the user attempts symbol completion with the Tab key, kdb will use strncpy() to insert the completed symbol into the command buffer. Unfortunately it passes the size of the source buffer rather than the destination to strncpy() with predictably horrible results. Most obviously if the command buffer is already full but cp, the cursor position, is in the middle of the buffer, then we will write past the end of the supplied buffer. Fix this by replacing the dubious strncpy() calls with memmove()/memcpy() calls plus explicit boundary checks to make sure we have enough space before we start moving characters around.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 5d5314d6795f3c1c0f415348ff8c51f7de042b77 - < fb824a99e148ff272a53d71d84122728b5f00992affected 5d5314d6795f3c1c0f415348ff8c51f7de042b77 - < ddd2972d8e2dee3b33e8121669d55def59f0be8aaffected 5d5314d6795f3c1c0f415348ff8c51f7de042b77 - < cfdc2fa4db57503bc6d3817240547c8ddc55fa96affected 5d5314d6795f3c1c0f415348ff8c51f7de042b77 - < f636a40834d22e5e3fc748f060211879c056cd33affected 5d5314d6795f3c1c0f415348ff8c51f7de042b77 - < 33d9c814652b971461d1e30bead6792851c209e7+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.35unaffected 0 - < 2.6.35unaffected 4.19.316 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.278 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.219 - <= 5.10.*+5 more versions |
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