CVE-2024-49997 — Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in Linux
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV6.7OSV6.3OSV5.5OSV4.7
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 21
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ethernet: lantiq_etop: fix memory disclosure
When applying padding, the buffer is not zeroed, which results in memory
disclosure. The mentioned data is observed on the wire. This patch uses
skb_put_padto() to pad Ethernet frames properly. The mentioned function
zeroes the expanded buffer.
In case the packet cannot be padded it is silently dropped. Statistics
are also not incremented. This driver does not support statisti…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6