CVE-2024-42283
net: nexthop: Initialize all fields in dumped nexthops
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: nexthop: Initialize all fields in dumped nexthops struct nexthop_grp contains two reserved fields that are not initialized by
nla_put_nh_group(), and carry garbage. This can be observed e.g. with
strace (edited for clarity): # ip nexthop add id 1 dev lo # ip nexthop add id 101 group 1 # strace -e recvmsg ip nexthop get id 101 ... recvmsg(... [{nla_len=12, nla_type=NHA_GROUP}, [{id=1, weight=0, resvd1=0x69, resvd2=0x67}]] ...) = 52 The fields are reserved and therefore not currently used. But as they are, they
leak kernel memory, and the fact they are not just zero complicates repurposing
of the fields for new ends. Initialize the full structure.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: nexthop: Initialize all fields in dumped nexthops struct nexthop_grp contains two reserved fields that are not initialized by nla_put_nh_group(), and carry garbage. This can be observed e.g. with strace (edited for clarity): # ip nexthop add id 1 dev lo # ip nexthop add id 101 group 1 # strace -e recvmsg ip nexthop get id 101 ... recvmsg(... [{nla_len=12, nla_type=NHA_GROUP}, [{id=1, weight=0, resvd1=0x69, resvd2=0x67}]] ...) = 52 The fields are reserved and therefore not currently used. But as they are, they leak kernel memory, and the fact they are not just zero complicates repurposing of the fields for new ends. Initialize the full structure.
It was discovered that the CIFS network file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain SMB messages, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly expose sensitive information. Supraja Sridhara, Benedict Schlüter, Mark Kuhne, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde discovered that the Confidential Computing framework in the Linux kernel for x86 platforms did not properly handle 32-bit emulation on TDX and SEV. An attacker with access to the VMM could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2024-07-30 CVE Reserved
- 2024-08-17 CVE Published
- 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-18 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-456: Missing Initialization of a Variable
CAPEC
References (10)
URL | Tag | Source |
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/430a049190de3c9e219f43084de9f1122da04570 | Vuln. Introduced |
URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-42283 | 2024-11-14 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2305428 | 2024-11-14 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.3 < 5.4.282 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.3 < 5.4.282" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.3 < 5.10.224 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.3 < 5.10.224" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.3 < 5.15.165 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.3 < 5.15.165" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.3 < 6.1.103 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.3 < 6.1.103" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.3 < 6.6.44 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.3 < 6.6.44" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.3 < 6.10.3 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.3 < 6.10.3" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.3 < 6.11 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.3 < 6.11" | en |
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