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CVE-2024-23851VulnerabilityPublished Updated

drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c · copy_params

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-23851· Medium 5.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium : upgrade to 6.7.2 when convenient.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026, 17:39 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 6.7.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 23 Jan 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 4 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Red Hat redhat/kernel package to 6.7.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/kernelpkg:rpm/redhat/kernelOther threatsAffected
  • <6.7.2
Fixed in
  • 6.7.2

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, avoid untrusted local access to the ctl_ioctl interface to prevent exploitation.

Description

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel up to version 6.7.1 exists in the copy_params function within drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c. The function can attempt to allocate more than INT_MAX bytes due to a missing check on param_kernel->data_size, which can cause the kernel to crash. This issue is related to the ctl_ioctl interface.

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