What is CVE-2024-41079?

CVE-2024-41079 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-41079?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-41079 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-41079

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: always initialize cqe.result The spec doesn't mandate that the first two double words (aka results) for the command queue entry need to be set to 0 when they are not used (not specified). Though, the target implemention returns 0 for TCP and FC but not for RDMA. Let's make RDMA behave the same and thus explicitly initializing the result field. This prevents leaking any data from the stack.

EPSS: 0.006 (47.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Linux — versions 6.9.11, 5.15.209, 6.1.101
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.10

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-41079?: CVE-2024-41079 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-41079?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-41079 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.