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.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2024-07-30 CVE Reserved
- 2024-08-17 CVE Published
- 2024-08-20 EPSS Updated
- 2024-11-05 CVE 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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