CVE-2024-49571 — net/smc: check iparea_offset and ipv6_prefixes_cnt when receiving proposal msg
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 …
Published: 2025-01-11 · CVSS: 9.1 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7