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CVE-2024-49571
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-01-11T13:15:24.027 · Last modified 2026-06-17T07:59:59.773

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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