CVE-2024-50045 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV6.7OSV6.3OSV4.7
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.08%
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:
netfilter: br_netfilter: fix panic with metadata_dst skb
Fix a kernel panic in the br_netfilter module when sending untagged
traffic via a VxLAN device.
This happens during the check for fragmentation in br_nf_dev_queue_xmit.
It is dependent on:
1) the br_netfilter module being loaded;
2) net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables set to 1;
3) a bridge with a VxLAN (single-vxlan-device) netdevice as a bridge port;
4) untagged frames …
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