# CVE-2024-45008: Input: MT - limit max slots

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-04 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.36

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: MT - limit max slots syzbot is reporting too large allocation at input_mt_init_slots(), for num_slots is supplied from userspace using ioctl(UI_DEV_CREATE). Since nobody knows possible max slots, this patch chose 1024.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2829c80614890624456337e47320289112785f3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87f610a1a7fbdb1f2e3d90b54c955bd3b8a0c322
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05dd9aabd04f9b5eb04dab9bb83d8c3e982d7549
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95f73d01f547dfc67fda3022c51e377a0454b505
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94736334b8a25e4fae8daa6934e54a31f099be43
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f04edd554d191834e9e1349ef030318ea6b11ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd19f1799c32ba7b874474b1b968815ce5364f73
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99d3bf5f7377d42f8be60a6b9cb60fb0be34dceb

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