CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-42283

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, the nexthop dumping function did not initialize two reserved fields in the nexthop_grp structure, leaking kernel memory. The flaw affects the net: nexthop mechanism and can be observed e.g. via strace.

Risk Assessment

Kernel memory leak may expose sensitive data to local users and complicates repurposing of reserved fields. The risk is low but could be part of a larger attack chain.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that initializes the full nexthop_grp structure. Verify your distribution provides the appropriate package.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: nexthop: Initialize all fields in dumped nexthops struct nexthop_grp contains two reserved fields that are not initialized by nla_put_nh_group(), and carry garbage. This can be observed e.g. with strace (edited for clarity): # ip nexthop add id 1 dev lo # ip nexthop add id 101 group 1 # strace -e recvmsg ip nexthop get id 101 ... recvmsg(... [{nla_len=12, nla_type=NHA_GROUP}, [{id=1, weight=0, resvd1=0x69, resvd2=0x67}]] ...) = 52 The fields are reserved and therefore not currently used. But as they are, they leak kernel memory, and the fact they are not just zero complicates repurposing of the fields for new ends. Initialize the full structure.

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