# CVE-2024-47682: scsi: sd: Fix off-by-one error in sd\_read\_block\_characteristics()

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-21 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: sd: Fix off-by-one error in sd_read_block_characteristics() Ff the device returns page 0xb1 with length 8 (happens with qemu v2.x, for example), sd_read_block_characteristics() may attempt an out-of-bounds memory access when accessing the zoned field at offset 8.

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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/60312ae7392f9c75c6591a52fc359cf7f810d48f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/568c7c4c77eee6df7677bb861b7cee7398a3255d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a776050373893e4c847a49abeae2ccb581153df0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/413df704f149dec585df07466d2401bbd1f490a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f81eaf08385ddd474a2f41595a7757502870c0eb

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