CVE-2024-49973
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2024-10-21 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nr8169: add tally counter fields added with RTL8125\nRTL8125 added fields to the tally counter, what may result in the chip\ndma'ing these new fields to unallocated memory. Therefore make sure\nthat the allocated memory area is big enough to hold all of the\ntally counter values, even if we use only parts of it.
See more information about CVE-2024-49973 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.1 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Privileges Required: | High |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality: | None |
| Integrity: | None |
| Availability: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2024-12884 | 2024-12-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2024-12884 | 2024-12-16 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2024-12887 | 2024-12-18 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2024-12887 | 2024-12-18 |
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