SB2024060836 - Remote denial of service in Linux kernel networking
Published: June 8, 2024 Updated: May 13, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024060836
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26614)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the reqsk_queue_alloc() function in net/core/request_sock.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted ACK packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc99dcedd2f422d602516762b96c8ef1ae6b2882
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d86cc6ab33b085eaef27ea88b78fc8e2375c0ef3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1e0a68a0cd2a83259c444f638b417a8fffc6855
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/168e7e599860654876c2a1102a82610285c02f02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3982fe726a63fb3de6005e534e2ac8ca7e0aca2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/198bc90e0e734e5f98c3d2833e8390cac3df61b2
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.210
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.149
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.76
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.15
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.7.3
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8