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Red Hat: CVE-2024-42154: kernel: tcp_metrics: validate source addr length (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-42154: kernel: tcp_metrics: validate source addr length (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/30/2024
Created
09/26/2024
Added
09/25/2024
Modified
10/03/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp_metrics: validate source addr length I don't see anything checking that TCP_METRICS_ATTR_SADDR_IPV4 is at least 4 bytes long, and the policy doesn't have an entry for this attribute at all (neither does it for IPv6 but v6 is manually validated).

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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