Tracker / CVE-2024-49571
CVE-2024-49571
Critical 9.1
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_cnt before using them.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.16 → 5.10.233 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.11 → 5.15.176 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.16 → 6.1.122 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.68 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.7 |
Analysis
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