CVE-2024-49973
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: r8169: add tally counter fields added with RTL8125 RTL8125 added fields to the tally counter, what may result in the chip dma'ing these new fields to unallocated memory. Therefore make sure that the allocated memory area is big enough to hold all of the tally counter values, even if we use only parts of it.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c723d785adb711496bc64c24240f952f4faaabf ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c723d785adb711496bc64c24240f952f4faaabfPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21950321ad33d7613b1453f4c503d7b1871deb61Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585c048d15ed559f20cb94c8fa2f30077efa4fbcPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92bc8647b4d65f4d4bf8afdb206321c1bc55a486Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/991e8b0bab669b7d06927c3e442b3352532e8581Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ced8e8b8f40accfcce4a2bbd8b150aa76d5eff9aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe44b3bfbf0c74df5712f44458689d0eccccf47dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64648ae8c97ec5a3165021627f5a1658ebe081ca