vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2024-49994: linux, linux-6.1 -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 21, 2024 | Feb 10, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 21, 2024
Added
Feb 10, 2025
Modified
Aug 15, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
block: fix integer overflow in BLKSECDISCARD
I independently rediscovered
commit 22d24a544b0d49bbcbd61c8c0eaf77d3c9297155
block: fix overflow in blk_ioctl_discard()
but for secure erase.
Same problem:
uint64_t r[2] = {512, 18446744073709551104ULL};
ioctl(fd, BLKSECDISCARD, r);
will enter near infinite loop inside blkdev_issue_secure_erase():
a.out: attempt to access beyond end of device
loop0: rw=5, sector=3399043073, nr_sectors = 1024 limit=2048
bio_check_eod: 3286214 callbacks suppressed
Solutions
debian-upgrade-linuxdebian-upgrade-linux-6-1
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