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CVE-2024-58017

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-58017 addresses a signed integer overflow in the Linux kernel's printk function, specifically when defining LOG_BUF_LEN_MAX, affecting Linux kernel versions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) has a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to a high availability impact due to undefined behavior, though it does not directly impact confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.1.129CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.6.78CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.7, < 6.12.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.13, < 6.13.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.9.203, < 4.10CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.182.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.179.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.179.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 kernel 6.6.78.1-3 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.6.78.1-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 kernel 6.6.64.2-9 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.6.78.1-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17103-16823Fixed in: 5.15.179.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17471-17084Fixed in: 6.6.78.1-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17501-17084Fixed in: 6.6.78.1-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19682-17086
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2024-58017Moderate

kernel: printk: Fix signed integer overflow when defining LOG_BUF_LEN_MAX

Feb 27, 2025
microsoft2025-Feb/CVE-2024-58017Moderate

printk: Fix signed integer overflow when defining LOG_BUF_LEN_MAX

Feb 11, 2025

References

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3d6f83df8ff2d5de84b50377e4f0d45e25311c7a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/404e5fd918a0b14abec06c7eca128f04c9b98e41
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4a2c4e7265b8eed83c25d86d702cea06493cab18
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4acf6bab775dbd22a9a799030a808a7305e01d63
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/54c14022fa2ba427dc543455c2cf9225903a7174
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9a6d43844de2479a3ff8d674c3e2a16172e01598
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bb8ff054e19fe27f4e5eaac1b05e462894cfe9b1
git.kernel.org / stable/c/dfb7b179741ee09506dc7719d92f9e1cea01f10e
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html