parport: Proper fix for array out-of-bounds access
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: parport: Proper fix for array out-of-bounds access The recent fix for array out-of-bounds accesses replaced sprintf() calls blindly with snprintf(). However, since snprintf() returns the would-be-printed size, not the actually output size, the length calculation can still go over the given limit. Use scnprintf() instead of snprintf(), which returns the actually output letters, for addressing the potential out-of-bounds access properly.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
868 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: parport: Proper fix for array out-of-bounds access The recent fix for array out-of-bounds accesses replaced sprintf() calls blindly with snprintf(). However, since snprintf() returns the would-be-printed size, not the actually output size, the length calculation can still go over the given limit. Use scnprintf() instead of snprintf(), which returns the actually output letters, for addressing the potential out-of-bounds access properly.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02ac3a9ef3a18b58d8f3ea2b6e46de657bf6c4f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1826b6d69bbb7f9ae8711827facbb2ad7f8d0aaa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a8b26a09c8e3ea03da1ef3cd0ef6b96e559fba6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/440311903231c6e6c9bcf8acb6a2885a422e00bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66029078fee00646e2e9dbb8f41ff7819f8e7569
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8aadef73ba3b325704ed5cfc4696a25c350182cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0641e53e6cb937487b6cfb15772374f0ba149b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fca048f222ce9dcbde5708ba2bf81d85a4a27952
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/50xxx/CVE-2024-50074.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50074