CVE-2024-44983 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource26 documents7 sources
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+9 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 4
Latest updateJan 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: validate vlan header Ensure there is sufficient room to access the protocol field of the VLAN header, validate it once before the flowtable lookup. BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x45a/0x5f0 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:32 nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x45a/0x5f0 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:32 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:154 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xf4/0…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages14 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.13 — 5.15.166+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.112-1+2
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-125.135+1

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

12
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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OSV
linux-azure-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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OSV
linux-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2025-01-06
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OSV
linux-gkeop vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12
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OSV
linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

13
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-01-09
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities↗2025-01-06
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12
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