# CVE-2024-42257: ext4: use memtostr\_pad() for s\_volume\_name

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-08 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: use memtostr_pad() for s_volume_name As with the other strings in struct ext4_super_block, s_volume_name is not NUL terminated. The other strings were marked in commit 072ebb3bffe6 ("ext4: add nonstring annotations to ext4.h"). Using strscpy() isn't the right replacement for strncpy(); it should use memtostr_pad() instead.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4378be89ddb7de88d984b67ecfd6191686c42817
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be27cd64461c45a6088a91a04eba5cd44e1767ef

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