CVE-2024-44940 — Improper Input Validation in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV5.5OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 26
Latest updateJan 20
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fou: remove warn in gue_gro_receive on unsupported protocol
Drop the WARN_ON_ONCE inn gue_gro_receive if the encapsulated type is
not known or does not have a GRO handler.
Such a packet is easily constructed. Syzbot generates them and sets
off this warning.
Remove the warning as it is expected and not actionable.
The warning was previously reduced from WARN_ON to WARN_ON_ONCE in
commit 270136613bf7 ("fou: Do WARN_ON_ONCE in…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages8 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux37dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b — a925a200299a6dfc7c172f54da6f374edc930053+6
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0