# CVE-2024-56368: ring-buffer: Fix overflow in __rb_map_vma

> An integer overflow in the Linux kernel ring buffer allows a local attacker to trigger a slab-out-of-bounds read, causing a system crash.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 11 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-56368, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56368, GHSA-7g63-2rpp-xvqc, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-56368, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2024-56368, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56368

## What is CVE-2024-56368?

CVE-2024-56368 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ring-buffer: Fix overflow in __rb_map_vma

An overflow occurred when performing the following calculation:

   nr_pages = ((nr_subbufs + 1) << subbuf_order) - pgoff;

Add a check before the calculation to avoid this problem.

syzbot reported this as a slab-out-of-bounds in __rb_map_vma:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __rb_map_vma+0x9ab/0xae0 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:7058
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880767dd2b8 by task syz-executor187/5836

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5836 Comm: syz-executor187 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc2-syzkaller-00159-gf932fb9b4074 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/25/2024
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
 print_report+0xc3/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:489
 kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:602
 __rb_map_vma+0x9ab/0xae0 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:7058
 ring_buffer_map+0x56e/0x9b0 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:7138
 tracing_buffers_mmap+0xa6/0x120 kernel/trace/trace.c:8482
 call_mmap include/linux/fs.h:2183 [inline]
 mmap_file mm/internal.h:124 [inline]
 __mmap_new_file_vma mm/vma.c:2291 [inline]
 __mmap_new_vma mm/vma.c:2355 [inline]
 __mmap_region+0x1786/0x2670 mm/vma.c:2456
 mmap_region+0x127/0x320 mm/mmap.c:1348
 do_mmap+0xc00/0xfc0 mm/mmap.c:496
 vm_mmap_pgoff+0x1ba/0x360 mm/util.c:580
 ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x32c/0x5c0 mm/mmap.c:542
 __do_sys_mmap arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c:89 [inline]
 __se_sys_mmap arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c:82 [inline]
 __x64_sys_mmap+0x125/0x190 arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c:82
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

The reproducer for this bug is:

------------------------8<-------------------------
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <asm/types.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>

 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
	int page_size = getpagesize();
	int fd;
	void *meta;

	system("echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/buffer_size_kb");
	fd = open("/sys/kernel/tracing/per_cpu/cpu0/trace_pipe_raw", O_RDONLY);

	meta = mmap(NULL, page_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, page_size * 5);
 }
------------------------>8-------------------------

Weakness: CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56368?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56368?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-56368 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56368 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56368 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56368/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56368/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56368
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56368
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56368

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