CVE-2024-49997 Information

Description

In the Linux kernel the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ethernet: lantiq_etop: fix memory disclosure

When applying padding the buffer is not zeroed which results in memory disclosure. The mentioned data is observed on the wire. This patch uses skb_put_padto() to pad Ethernet frames properly. The mentioned function zeroes the expanded buffer.

In case the packet cannot be padded it is silently dropped. Statistics are also not incremented. This driver does not support statistics in the old 32-bit format or the new 64-bit format. These will be added in the future. In its current form the patch should be easily backported to stable versions.

Ethernet MACs on Amazon-SE and Danube cannot do padding of the packets in hardware so software padding must be applied.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/185df159843d30fb71f821e7ea4368c2a3bfcd36 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/469856f76f4802c5d7e3d20e343185188de1e2db https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bf4c101d7c99483b8b15a0c8f881e3f399f7e18 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e66e38d07b31e177ca430758ed97fbc79f27d966 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1097bf16501ed5e35358d848b0a94ad2830b0f65 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/431b122933b197820d319eb3987a67d04346ce9e https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45c0de18ff2dc9af01236380404bbd6a46502c69

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5