CVE-2024-57938

net/sctp: Prevent autoclose integer overflow in sctp_association_init()

Medium · published January 21, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00211 · 10.8th percentile
Published
2025-01-21T12:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 JAN 12:09Z
    net/sctp: Prevent autoclose integer overflow in sctp_association_init()
    cvelistv5