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CVE-2024-50259

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2024-11-09 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-125, CWE-125

References