{"cve":"CVE-2024-42257","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-08T09:15:08.623","modified":"2026-06-17T07:49:07.157","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: use memtostr_pad() for s_volume_name\n\nAs with the other strings in struct ext4_super_block, s_volume_name is\nnot NUL terminated. The other strings were marked in commit 072ebb3bffe6\n(\"ext4: add nonstring annotations to ext4.h\"). Using strscpy() isn't\nthe right replacement for strncpy(); it should use memtostr_pad()\ninstead.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4378be89ddb7de88d984b67ecfd6191686c42817","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be27cd64461c45a6088a91a04eba5cd44e1767ef"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:53:51.317825789+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-42257","score":0.00202,"percentile":0.10105,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}