VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-38381

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-06-21
Last modified2026-10-15
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: nci: Fix uninit-value in nci_rx_work syzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue [1] nci_rx_work() parses received packet from ndev->rx_q. It should be validated header size, payload size and total packet size before processing the packet. If an invalid packet is detected, it should be silently discarded.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-908

Primary references