Improper Input Validation Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [5.6,6.6.90)[6.7,6.12.25)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20698391
  • published10 Oct 2026
  • disclosed5 May 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 May 2025

CVE-2024-58100  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.6.90, 6.12.25 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation through improper validation of the changes_pkt_data property in BPF extension programs. An attacker can achieve arbitrary kernel memory disclosure and write, potentially leading to privilege escalation or denial of service, by loading a global sub-program that does not modify packet data and replacing it with a freplace extension that does, causing stale packet pointers to be used in subsequent packet processing.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1