What is CVE-2024-44945?

CVE-2024-44945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2024-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2024-44945?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-44945

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nfnetlink: Initialise extack before use in ACKs Add missing extack initialisation when ACKing BATCH_BEGIN and BATCH_END.

EPSS: 0.002 (10.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions bf2ac490d28c21a349e9eef81edc45320fca4a3c, 6.10, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.11

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-44945?: CVE-2024-44945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2024-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-44945?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.