CVE-2024-44940
fou: remove warn in gue_gro_receive on unsupported protocol
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Description
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").
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3db4395332e7050ef9ddeb3052e6b5019f2a2a59
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/440ab7f97261bc28501636a13998e1b1946d2e79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a925a200299a6dfc7c172f54da6f374edc930053
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1453a5616c7bd8acd90633ceba4e59105ba3b51
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd89a81d850fa9a65f67b4527c0e420d15bf836c
References (8)
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CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
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