CVE-2024-42281 Affecting kernel-source-azure package, versions <5.14.21-150500.33.66.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELSOURCEAZURE-7929687
  • published11 Sept 2024
  • disclosed10 Sept 2024

Introduced: 10 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-42281  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-source-azure to version 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-source-azure package and not the kernel-source-azure package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix a segment issue when downgrading gso_size

Linearize the skb when downgrading gso_size because it may trigger a BUG_ON() later when the skb is segmented as described in [1,2].

CVSS Scores

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