VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-57938

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-01-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sctp: Prevent autoclose integer overflow in sctp_association_init() While by default max_autoclose equals to INT_MAX / HZ, one may set net.sctp.max_autoclose to UINT_MAX. There is code in sctp_association_init() that can consequently trigger overflow.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-190
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-190

Primary references