In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: avoid format-overflow warning With gcc and W=1 option, there's a warning like this: fs/f2fs/compress.c: In function ‘f2fs_init_page_array_cache’: fs/f2fs/compress.c:1984:47: error: ‘%u’ directive writing between 1 and 7 bytes into a region of size between 5 and 8 [-Werror=format-overflow=] 1984 | sprintf(slab_name, "f2fs_page_array_entry-%u:%u", MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev)); | ^~ String "f2fs_page_array_entry-%u:%u" can up to 35. The first "%u" can up to 4 and the second "%u" can up to 7, so total size is "24 + 4 + 7 = 35". slab_name's size should be 35 rather than 32.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - f2fs: avoid format-overflow warning With gcc and W=1 option, there's a warning like this:
    fs/f2fs/compress.c: In function f2fs_init_page_array_cache': fs/f2fs/compress.c:1984:47: error: %u'     directive writing between 1 and 7 bytes into a region of size between 5 and 8 [-Werror=format-overflow=]     1984 | sprintf(slab_name, f2fs_page_array_entry-%u:%u, MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev)); | ^~ String     f2fs_page_array_entry-%u:%u can up to 35. The first %u can up to 4 and the second %u can up to 7, so     total size is 24 + 4 + 7 = 35. slab_name's size should be 35 rather than 32. (CVE-2023-52748)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An update of the linux package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
226673	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-52748	Nessus	Misc.	high
204441	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2024-5.0-0187	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
153035	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0095	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high

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