What is CVE-2024-42257?

CVE-2024-42257 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10. CVE-2024-42257 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42257?

CVE-2024-42257 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42257?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-42257. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-42257 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42257 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-42257

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: use memtostr_pad() for s_volume_name As with the other strings in struct ext4_super_block, s_volume_name is not NUL terminated. The other strings were marked in commit 072ebb3bffe6 ("ext4: add nonstring annotations to ext4.h"). Using strscpy() isn't the right replacement for strncpy(); it should use memtostr_pad() instead.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-08

Last modified 2024-09-06

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-42257 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4378be89ddb7de88d984b67ecfd6191686c42817
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be27cd64461c45a6088a91a04eba5cd44e1767ef
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42257

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-08-08

Modified 2024-09-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42257?

CVE-2024-42257 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . CVE-2024-42257 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42257?

CVE-2024-42257 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42257?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-42257. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-42257 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-42257 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.