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CVE-2024-26665

9.1 · CRITICAL
Published Apr 2, 2024 linux CWE-125 EPSS 0.68% (50th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2024-26665 is a critical-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on April 2, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tunnels: fix out of bounds access when building IPv6 PMTU error

If the ICMPv6 error is built from a non-linear skb we get the following

splat,

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in do_csum+0x220/0x240

Read of size 4 at addr ffff88811d402c80 by task netperf/820

CPU: 0 PID: 820 Comm: netperf Not tainted 6.8.0-rc1+ #543

...

kasan_report+0xd8/0x110

do_csum+0x220/0x240

csum_partial+0xc/0x20

skb_tunnel_check_pmtu+0xeb9/0x3280

vxlan_xmit_one+0x14c2/0x4080

vxlan_xmit+0xf61/0x5c00

dev_hard_start_xmit+0xfb/0x510

__dev_queue_xmit+0x7cd/0x32a0

br_dev_queue_push_xmit+0x39d/0x6a0

Use skb_checksum instead of csum_partial who cannot deal with non-linear

SKBs.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
linux linux_kernel >= 5.9, < 5.10.210 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-26665?

CVE-2024-26665 is a critical-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on April 2, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL).

How severe is CVE-2024-26665?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-26665?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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