CVE-2024-43844

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Aug 17, 2024 linux EPSS 0.18% (8th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-43844 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on August 17, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

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

wifi: rtw89: wow: fix GTK offload H2C skbuff issue

We mistakenly put skb too large and that may exceed skb->end.

Therefore, we fix it.

skbuff: skb_over_panic: text:ffffffffc09e9a9d len:416 put:204 head:ffff8fba04eca780 data:ffff8fba04eca7e0 tail:0x200 end:0x140 dev:<NULL>

------------[ cut here ]------------

kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:192!

invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI

CPU: 1 PID: 4747 Comm: kworker/u4:44 Tainted: G O 6.6.30-02659-gc18865c4dfbd #1 86547039b47e46935493f615ee31d0b2d711d35e

Hardware name: HP Meep/Meep, BIOS Google_Meep.11297.262.0 03/18/2021

Workqueue: events_unbound async_run_entry_fn

RIP: 0010:skb_panic+0x5d/0x60

Code: c6 63 8b 8f bb 4c 0f 45 f6 48 c7 c7 4d 89 8b bb 48 89 ce 44 89 d1 41 56 53 41 53 ff b0 c8 00 00 00 e8 27 5f 23 00 48 83 c4 20 <0f> 0b 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 44

RSP: 0018:ffffaa700144bad0 EFLAGS: 00010282

RAX: 0000000000

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	>= 6.10, < 6.10.3	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/dda364c345913fe03ddbe4d5ae14a2754c100296 Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef0d9d2f0dc1133db3d3a1c5167190c6627146b2

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-43844?

CVE-2024-43844 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on August 17, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-43844?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-43844?

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