CVE-2024-49571

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.1 Critical

Status

Modified - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2025-01-11

Last modified

2026-08-05

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47ce46349672a7e0c361bfe39ed0b22e824ef4fb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62056d1592e63d85e82357ee2ae6a6a294f440b0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/846bada23bfcdeb83621b045ed85dc06c7833ff0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91a7c27c1444ed4677b83fd5308d2cf03f5f0851
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a29e220d3c8edbf0e1beb0f028878a4a85966556
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f10635268a0a49ee902a3b63b5dbb76f4fed498e
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html