CVE-2024-49571 — Improper Input Validation in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV6.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 11
Latest updateMay 29
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/smc: check iparea_offset and ipv6_prefixes_cnt when receiving proposal msg
When receiving proposal msg in server, the field iparea_offset
and the field ipv6_prefixes_cnt in proposal msg are from the
remote client and can not be fully trusted. Especially the
field iparea_offset, once exceed the max value, there has the
chance to access wrong address, and crash may happen.
This patch checks iparea_offset and ipv6_prefixes_c…
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 Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxe7b7a64a8493d47433fd003efbe6543e3f676294 — 846bada23bfcdeb83621b045ed85dc06c7833ff0+6