CVE-2024-26849

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.1-6.1.80, 6.2-6.6.20, 6.7-6.7.8 - Use of Uninitialized Resource in Netlink Attribute Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netlink: add nla be16/32 types to minlen array BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nla_validate_range_unsigned lib/nlattr.c:222 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nla_validate_int_range lib/nlattr.c:336 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in validate_nla lib/nlattr.c:575 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __nla_validate_parse+0x2e20/0x45c0 lib/nlattr.c:631 nla_validate_range_unsigned lib/nlattr.c:222 [inline] nla_validate_int_range lib/nlattr.c:336 [inline] validate_nla lib/nlattr.c:575 [inline] ... The message in question matches this policy: [NFTA_TARGET_REV] = NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_BE32, 255), but because NLA_BE32 size in minlen array is 0, the validation code will read past the malformed (too small) attribute. Note: Other attributes, e.g. BITFIELD32, SINT, UINT.. are also missing: those likely should be added too.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-908
Status published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel 6.1.0 - 6.1.81linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.21linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.7.9linux
Linux/Linux < 6.1
Linux/Linux 24ea1c8abaae6541ad95912422a9af4fb858428d - 000a68159c0326b46c42ec712ab98793e7e625a7
Linux/Linux 6.1
Linux/Linux 6.1.81 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.21 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.7.9 - 6.7.*
Linux/Linux 6.8
... and 7 more
Published Apr 17, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026