vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-49571: kernel: net/smc: check iparea_offset and ipv6_prefixes_cnt when receiving proposal msg
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 11, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 10, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 11, 2025
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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