CVE-2024-35889

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35889
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-35889.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-35889
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-05-19T08:34:45Z
Modified
2025-10-09T08:18:59.801446Z
Summary
idpf: fix kernel panic on unknown packet types
Details

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

idpf: fix kernel panic on unknown packet types

In the very rare case where a packet type is unknown to the driver, idpfrxprocessskbfields would return early without calling ethtypetrans to set the skb protocol / the network layer handler. This is especially problematic if tcpdump is running when such a packet is received, i.e. it would cause a kernel panic.

Instead, call ethtypetrans for every single packet, even when the packet type is unknown.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
3a8845af66edb340ba9210bb8a0da040c7d6e590
Fixed
b4d28f7fa4dd531cf503a4fe1ca7008960cc5832
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
3a8845af66edb340ba9210bb8a0da040c7d6e590
Fixed
dd19e827d63ac60debf117676d1126bff884bdb8

Affected versions

v6.*

v6.6
v6.6-rc1
v6.6-rc2
v6.6-rc3
v6.6-rc4
v6.6-rc5
v6.6-rc6
v6.6-rc7
v6.7
v6.7-rc1
v6.7-rc2
v6.7-rc3
v6.7-rc4
v6.7-rc5
v6.7-rc6
v6.7-rc7
v6.7-rc8
v6.8
v6.8-rc1
v6.8-rc2
v6.8-rc3
v6.8-rc4
v6.8-rc5
v6.8-rc6
v6.8-rc7
v6.8.1
v6.8.2
v6.8.3
v6.8.4
v6.9-rc1

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.8.5