CVE-2024-26736

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    CVE-2024-26736

    Published: 3 Apr 2024Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: afs: Increase buffer size in afs_update_volume_status()

    Details: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Increase buffer size in afs_update_volume_status() The max length of volume->vid value is 20 characters. So increase idbuf[] size up to 24 to avoid overflow. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [DH: Actually, it's 20 + NUL, so increase it to 24 and use snprintf()]

    References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c27d85a69fa16a08813ba37ddfb4bbc9a1ed6b5, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e6065dd25b661420fac19c34282b6c626fcd35e, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ea38e2aeb72349cad50e38899b0ba6fbcb2af3d, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d34a5e57632bb5ff825196ddd9a48ca403626dfa, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9b5e2b7a8196850383c70d099bfd39e81ab6637, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e56662160fc24d28cb75ac095cc6415ae1bda43e, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8530b170e464017203e3b8c6c49af6e916aece1, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/26xxx/CVE-2024-26736.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26736, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

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    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- d2ddc776a4581d900fc3bdc7803b403daae64d88
    Fixed -5c27d85a69fa16a08813ba37ddfb4bbc9a1ed6b5

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