CVE-2024-44940
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.008 · 55 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fou: remove warn in gue_gro_receive on unsupported protocol Drop the WARN_ON_ONCE inn gue_gro_receive if the encapsulated type is not known or does not have a GRO handler. Such a packet is easily constructed. Syzbot generates them and sets off this warning. Remove the warning as it is expected and not actionable. The warning was previously reduced from WARN_ON to WARN_ON_ONCE in commit 270136613bf7 ("fou: Do WARN_ON_ONCE in gue_gro_receive for bad proto callbacks").
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affected products (67)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-1927Linux Kernel: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-08-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder einen nicht spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
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references (21)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-44940cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-44940/cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3db4395332e7050ef9ddeb3052e6b5019f2a2a59cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/440ab7f97261bc28501636a13998e1b1946d2e79cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a2e37bc648a2503bf6d687aed27b9f4455d82ebcnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd89a81d850fa9a65f67b4527c0e420d15bf836ccnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities-dated-27-08-2024-45023cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3db4395332e7050ef9ddeb3052e6b5019f2a2a59enisa_euvd
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