safesetid: check size of policy writes
syzbot attempts to write a buffer with a large size to a sysfs entry
with writes handled by handle_policy_update(), triggering a warning
in kmalloc.
Check the size specified for write buffers before allocating.
[PM: subject tweak]
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Tracking
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| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-4102-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-4178-1 | linux security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2025-5206 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: safesetid: check size of policy writes syzbot attempts to write a buffer with a large size to a sysfs entry with writes handled by handle_policy_update(), triggering a warning in kmalloc. Check the size specified for write buffers before allocating. [PM: subject tweak] |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7510-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7510-2 | Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7510-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7510-4 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7510-5 | Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7510-6 | Linux kernel (AWS FIPS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7510-7 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7510-8 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7511-1 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7511-2 | Linux kernel (GCP FIPS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7511-3 | Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7512-1 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7521-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7521-2 | Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7521-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7593-1 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7602-1 | Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7651-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7651-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7651-3 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7651-4 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7651-5 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7651-6 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7652-1 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7653-1 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7737-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Tue, 12 May 2026 13:30:00 +0000
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Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000
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Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:45:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:30:00 +0000
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Fri, 28 Feb 2025 02:00:00 +0000
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Thu, 27 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: safesetid: check size of policy writes syzbot attempts to write a buffer with a large size to a sysfs entry with writes handled by handle_policy_update(), triggering a warning in kmalloc. Check the size specified for write buffers before allocating. [PM: subject tweak] | |
| Title | safesetid: check size of policy writes | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-12T12:01:53.602Z
Reserved: 2025-02-27T02:10:48.228Z
Link: CVE-2024-58016
No data.
Status : Modified
Published: 2025-02-27T03:15:12.590
Modified: 2026-05-12T13:16:26.290
Link: CVE-2024-58016
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Updated: 2025-07-12T22:45:28Z
Debian DLA
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Ubuntu USN