CVE-2024-58017 | printk: Fix signed integer overflow when defining LOG_BUF_LEN_MAX

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: printk: Fix signed integer overflow when defining LOG_BUF_LEN_MAX Shifting 1 << 31 on a 32-bit int causes signed integer overflow, which leads to undefined behavior. To prevent this, cast 1 to u32 before performing the shift, ensuring well-defined behavior. This change explicitly avoids any potential overflow by ensuring that the shift occurs on an unsigned 32-bit integer.

Published: 2025-02-27 Last update: 2026-05-12 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-58017 is rated Low Risk (26.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-58017

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-31 0.05% 0.05% -0.01%
2 2025-12-24 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2025-10-28 0.04%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-58017

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-58017

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2024-58017

GHSA-572c-4f8h-65c4 · Severity: medium — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: printk: Fix signed integer...

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-58017

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-58017 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-58017
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-58017
suse medium CVE-2024-58017 severity moderate: SUSE including 432 source package names (2.1.3-6.11:kernel-default-6.4.0-28.1, 2.1.3-6.12:kernel-default-base-6.4.0-28.1.21.6, …), 751 product×package rows across 134 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container, … (134 product lines)): Fixed 434, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 86. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-58017/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-58017 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, released 190, ignored 152, not-affected 43, needed 21. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-58017

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-58017

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel < 6.1.129 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.78 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.14 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-58017

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