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🛡️ CVE-2024-49947 — kernel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

net: test for not too small csum_start in virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: test for not too small csum_start in virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()

syzbot was able to trigger this warning [1], after injecting a

malicious packet through af_packet, setting skb->csum_start and thus

the transport header to an incorrect value.

We can at least make sure the transport header is after

the end of the network header (with a estimated minimal size).

[1]

[ 67.873027] skb len=4096 headroom=16 headlen=14 tailroom=0

mac=(-1,-1) mac_len=0 net=(16,-6) trans=10

shinfo(txflags=0 nr_frags=1 gso(size=0 type=0 segs=0))

csum(0xa start=10 offset=0 ip_summed=3 complete_sw=0 valid=0 level=0)

hash(0x0 sw=0 l4=0) proto=0x0800 pkttype=0 iif=0

priority=0x0 mark=0x0 alloc_cpu=10 vlan_all=0x0

encapsulation=0 inner(proto=0x0000, mac=0, net=0, trans=0)

[ 67.877172] dev name=veth0_vlan feat=0x000061164fdd09e9

[ 67.877764] sk family=17 type=3 proto=0

[ 67.878279] skb linear: 00000000: 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 0f 00 00 00 08 00

[ 67.879128] skb frag: 00000000: 0e 00 07 00 00 00 28 00 08 80 1c 00 04 00 00 02

[ 67.879877] skb frag: 00000010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.880647] skb frag: 00000020: 00 00 02 00 00 00 08 00 1b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.881156] skb frag: 00000030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.881753] skb frag: 00000040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.882173] skb frag: 00000050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.882790] skb frag: 00000060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.883171] skb frag: 00000070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.883733] skb frag: 00000080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.884206] skb frag: 00000090: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 69 70 76 6c 61 6e

[ 67.884704] skb frag: 000000a0: 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2b 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.885139] skb frag: 000000b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.885677] skb frag: 000000c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.886042] skb frag: 000000d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.886408] skb frag: 000000e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.887020] skb frag: 000000f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

[ 67.887384] skb frag: 00000100: 00 00

[ 67.887878] ------------[ cut here ]------------

[ 67.887908] offset (-6) >= skb_headlen() (14)

[ 67.888445] WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 2088 at net/core/dev.c:3332 skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2))

[ 67.889353] Modules linked in: macsec macvtap macvlan hsr wireguard curve25519_x86_64 libcurve25519_generic libchacha20poly1305 chacha_x86_64 libchacha poly1305_x86_64 dummy bridge sr_mod cdrom evdev pcspkr i2c_piix4 9pnet_virtio 9p 9pnet netfs

[ 67.890111] CPU: 10 UID: 0 PID: 2088 Comm: b363492833 Not tainted 6.11.0-virtme #1011

[ 67.890183] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014

[ 67.890309] RIP: 0010:skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2))

[ 67.891043] Call Trace:

[ 67.891173] <TASK>

[ 67.891274] ? __warn (kernel/panic.c:741)

[ 67.891320] ? skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2))

[ 67.891333] ? report_bug (lib/bug.c:180 lib/bug.c:219)

[ 67.891348] ? handle_bug (arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:239)

[ 67.891363] ? exc_invalid_op (arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:260 (discriminator 1))

[ 67.891372] ? asm_exc_invalid_op (./arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:621)

[ 67.891388] ? skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2))

[ 67.891399] ? skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2))

[ 67.891416] ip_do_fragment (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:777 (discriminator 1))

[ 67.891448] ? __ip_local_out (./include/linux/skbuff.h:1146 ./include/net/l3mdev.h:196 ./include/net/l3mdev.h:213 ne

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How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2024-49947 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.8.0 up to 6.11.3)
  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 21 October 2024 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2024-49947 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-10-21
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.8.0 6.11.3
linux-kernel — —

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