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CVE-2024-46748

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the maximum size of a subrequest that writes to cachefiles was set to MAX_RW_COUNT to prevent overrunning the maximum write to the backing filesystem.

Risk Assessment

This may lead to exceeding write limits and potential filesystem errors or system instability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Set the max subreq size for cache writes to MAX_RW_COUNT Set the maximum size of a subrequest that writes to cachefiles to be MAX_RW_COUNT so that we don't overrun the maximum write we can make to the backing filesystem.

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