cve/2024/CVE-2024-27401.md

### [CVE-2024-27401](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-27401)
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### Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:firewire: nosy: ensure user_length is taken into account when fetching packet contentsEnsure that packet_buffer_get respects the user_length provided. Ifthe length of the head packet exceeds the user_length, packet_buffer_getwill now return 0 to signify to the user that no data were readand a larger buffer size is required. Helps prevent user space overflows.

### POC

#### Reference
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#### Github
- https://github.com/ethan42/linux-ieee1394