CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-45018

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel netfilter flowtable, the extack structure was not initialised before use in the flow offload path. This can lead to use of uninitialised memory.

Risk Assessment

May cause kernel instability or data leakage during netfilter flow offload.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that initialises extack before use.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use Fix missing initialisation of extack in flow offload.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS