vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-26668: kernel: netfilter: nft_limit: reject configurations that cause integer overflow (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C) | 2024-04-02 | 2024-07-25 | 2025-03-19 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
2024-04-02
Added
2024-07-25
Modified
2025-03-19
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nft_limit: reject configurations that cause integer overflow
Reject bogus configs where internal token counter wraps around.
This only occurs with very very large requests, such as 17gbyte/s.
Its better to reject this rather than having incorrect ratelimit.
Solution(s)
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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