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CVE-2024-57802: netrom: check buffer length before accessing it

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.60% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 3ba7f80d98d4965349cfcd258dd78418496c1625, 64e9f54a14f2887be8634fb85cd2f13bec18a184, 769e36c2119a51070faf58819c58274f57a088db; azl3 kernel 6.6.64.2-9 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.76.1-1; azl3 kernel 6.6.76.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.76.1-1.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 9.4, NVD 5.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 3ba7f80d98d4965349cfcd258dd78418496c1625, 64e9f54a14f2887be8634fb85cd2f13bec18a184, 769e36c2119a51070faf58819c58274f57a088db; azl3 kernel 6.6.64.2-9 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.76.1-1; azl3 kernel 6.6.76.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.76.1-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netrom: check buffer length before accessing it Syzkaller reports an uninit value read from ax25cmp when sending raw message through ieee802154 implementation. ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ax25cmp+0x3a5/0x460 net/ax25/ax25_addr.c:119 ax25cmp+0x3a5/0x460 net/ax25/ax25_addr.c:119 nr_dev_get+0x20e/0x450 net/netrom/nr_route.c:601 nr_route_frame+0x1a2/0xfc0 net/netrom/nr_route.c:774 nr_xmit+0x5a/0x1c0 net/netrom/nr_dev.c:144 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4940 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4954 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3548 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa10 net/core/dev.c:3564 __dev_queue_xmit+0x33b8/0x5130 net/core/dev.c:4349 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3134 [inline] raw_sendmsg+0x654/0xc10 net/ieee802154/socket.c:299 ieee802154_sock_sendmsg+0x91/0xc0 net/ieee802154/socket.c:96 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2638 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2676 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2674 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x44/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook+0x129/0xa70 mm/slab.h:768 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x5e9/0xb10 mm/slub.c:3523 kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:560 __alloc_skb+0x318/0x740 net/core/skbuff.c:651 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline] alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbd0 net/core/skbuff.c:6334 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa80/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2780 sock_alloc_send_skb include/net/sock.h:1884 [inline] raw_sendmsg+0x36d/0xc10 net/ieee802154/socket.c:282 ieee802154_sock_sendmsg+0x91/0xc0 net/ieee802154/socket.c:96 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2638 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2676 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2674 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x44/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b CPU: 0 PID: 5037 Comm: syz-executor166 Not tainted 6.7.0-rc7-syzkaller-00003-gfbafc3e621c3 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/17/2023 ===================================================== This issue occurs because the skb buffer is too small, and it's actual allocation is aligned. This hides an actual issue, which is that nr_route_frame does not validate the buffer size before using it. Fix this issue by checking skb->len before accessing any fields in skb->data. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jan 15, 2025
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 49th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · Linux
9.4
3.9 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel2.6.12 and later · before 5.4.289
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.233
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.176
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.1.124
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.70
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.9
  • linux linux kernel6.13

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 2.6.12affected
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 64e9f54a14f2887be8634fb85cd2f13bec18a184affected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before cf6befa7c569787f53440274bbed1405fc07738daffected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 769e36c2119a51070faf58819c58274f57a088dbaffected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 78a110332ae268d0b005247c3b9a7d703b875c49affected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before f647d72245aadce30618f4c8fd3803904418dbecaffected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 3ba7f80d98d4965349cfcd258dd78418496c1625affected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before a4fd163aed2edd967a244499754dec991d8b4c7daffected · git
    • before 2.6.12not affected · semver
    • 5.4.289 and later · up to and including 5.4.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.124-16.1.124-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.9-16.12.9-1

Same product

linux: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    85Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

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    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-57801Jan 15, 2025 · net/mlx5e: Skip restore TC rules for vport rep without loaded flag
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-57841Jan 15, 2025 · net: fix memory leak in tcp_conn_request()
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux3ba7f80d98d4965349cfcd258dd78418496c1625Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux64e9f54a14f2887be8634fb85cd2f13bec18a184Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux769e36c2119a51070faf58819c58274f57a088dbVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux78a110332ae268d0b005247c3b9a7d703b875c49Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxa4fd163aed2edd967a244499754dec991d8b4c7dVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxcf6befa7c569787f53440274bbed1405fc07738dVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxf647d72245aadce30618f4c8fd3803904418dbecVendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.64.2-9 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.76.1-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
azl3 kernel 6.6.76.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.76.1-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
cbl2 kernel 5.15.173.1-2 on CBL Mariner 2.05.15.176.3-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
cbl2 kernel 5.15.173.1-2 on CBL-Mariner 2.05.15.176.3-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
cbl2 kernel 5.15.176.3-1 on CBL Mariner 2.05.15.176.3-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.1.124-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-5030257 days apartHID: core: zero-initialize the report bufferKEV
    52Plan
  • CVE-2026-52989525 days apartnvmet-tcp: propagate nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec() errors to its callers
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-4768586 days apartnetfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put()
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-53225526 days apartsctp: fix uninit-value in __sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup()
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-53170526 days apartaccel/ethosu: reject DMA commands with uninitialized length
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-43139476 days apartxfrm6: fix uninitialized saddr in xfrm6_get_saddr()
    34Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-908 · Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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