https://vulnerability.circl.lu Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Sat, 03 Oct 2026 05:53:28 +0000 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2025-39840 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>audit: fix out-of-bounds read in audit_compare_dname_path()</p> <p>When a watch on dir=/ is combined with an fsnotify event for a single-character name directly under / (e.g., creating /a), an out-of-bounds read can occur in audit_compare_dname_path().</p> <p>The helper parent_len() returns 1 for &#34;/&#34;. In audit_compare_dname_path(), when parentlen equals the full path length (1), the code sets p = path + 1 and pathlen = 1 - 1 = 0. The subsequent loop then dereferences p[pathlen - 1] (i.e., p[-1]), causing an out-of-bounds read.</p> <p>Fix this by adding a pathlen &gt; 0 check to the while loop condition to prevent the out-of-bounds access.</p> <p>[PM: subject tweak, sign-off email fixes]</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>audit: fix out-of-bounds read in audit_compare_dname_path()</p> <p>When a watch on dir=/ is combined with an fsnotify event for a single-character name directly under / (e.g., creating /a), an out-of-bounds read can occur in audit_compare_dname_path().</p> <p>The helper parent_len() returns 1 for &#34;/&#34;. In audit_compare_dname_path(), when parentlen equals the full path length (1), the code sets p = path + 1 and pathlen = 1 - 1 = 0. The subsequent loop then dereferences p[pathlen - 1] (i.e., p[-1]), causing an out-of-bounds read.</p> <p>Fix this by adding a pathlen &gt; 0 check to the while loop condition to prevent the out-of-bounds access.</p> <p>[PM: subject tweak, sign-off email fixes]</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2025-39840