{"cve":"CVE-2024-58016","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-27T03:15:12.590","modified":"2026-10-15T02:17:18.483","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsafesetid: check size of policy writes\n\nsyzbot attempts to write a buffer with a large size to a sysfs entry\nwith writes handled by handle_policy_update(), triggering a warning\nin kmalloc.\n\nCheck the size specified for write buffers before allocating.\n\n[PM: subject tweak]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36b385d0f2b4c0bf41d491e19075ecd990d2bf94","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96fae5bd1589731592d30b3953a90a77ef3928a6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/976284b94f2021df09829e37a367e19b84d9e5f3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0dec65f88c8d9290dfa1d2ca1e897abe54c5881","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c71d35676d46090c891b6419f253fb92a1a9f4eb"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-58016","score":0.00206,"percentile":0.10488,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}