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CVE-2024-26668 Details

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_limit: reject configurations that cause integer overflow Reject bogus configs where internal token counter wraps around. This only occurs with very very large requests, such as 17gbyte/s. Its better to reject this rather than having incorrect ratelimit.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00c2c29aa36d1d1827c51a3720e9f893a22c7c6a kernel.orgPatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d4efd75e7dbecd855a3b8a63e65f7265f466e1 kernel.orgPatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9882495d02ecc490604f747437a40626dc9160d0 kernel.orgPatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc6e242bb74e2ae616bfd2b250682b738e781c9b kernel.orgPatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9d9eb9c53d37cdebbad56b91e40baf42d5a97aa kernel.orgPatch

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparound[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
>= 4.3, < 5.15.149
>= 5.16, < 6.1.76
>= 6.2, < 6.6.15
>= 6.7, < 6.7.3
6.8 rc1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-26668
NVD Published Date:
Apr 2, 2024
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
kernel.org
CVE-2024-26668 Details - Not Deferred