CVE-2024-45030Out-of-bounds Write in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 11
Latest updateJan 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: cope with large MAX_SKB_FRAGS Sabrina reports that the igb driver does not cope well with large MAX_SKB_FRAG values: setting MAX_SKB_FRAG to 45 causes payload corruption on TX. An easy reproducer is to run ssh to connect to the machine. With MAX_SKB_FRAGS=17 it works, with MAX_SKB_FRAGS=45 it fails. This has been reported originally in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265320 The root cause of the issue is th

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

7
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-01-09
OSV
linux-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-01-06
OSV
linux-gkeop vulnerabilities2024-12-12
OSV
linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency vulnerabilities2024-12-12
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-6.8, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.8, linux-gke, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-oem-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8, linux-raspi vulnerabilities2024-12-12

📋Vendor Advisories

8
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-01-09
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities2025-01-06
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities2024-12-12
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities2024-12-12
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2024-12-12