Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-49973r8169: add tally counter fields added with RTL8125

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: r8169: add tally counter fields added with RTL8125 RTL8125 added fields to the tally counter, what may result in the chip dma'ing these new fields to unallocated memory. Therefore make sure that the allocated memory area is big enough to hold all of the tally counter values, even if we use only parts of it.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.115-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49973
Debian:13linux6.11.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49973
Debian:14linux6.11.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-127.137UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-54.56UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1073.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1023.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1078.87UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1025.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1078.87.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1072.80UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1024.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1070.76UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1019.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1056.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1006.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-57.59~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1066.69UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1071.77UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1070.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-127.137UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-54.56.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1068.69UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1022.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1022.25.2UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1032.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1071.77UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1020.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1066.69UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1019.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-53.55.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1039.43UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49973

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux f1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87 – before 64648ae8c97ec5a3165021627f5a1658ebe081caf1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87 – before 991e8b0bab669b7d06927c3e442b3352532e8581f1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87 – before 21950321ad33d7613b1453f4c503d7b1871deb61f1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87 – before fe44b3bfbf0c74df5712f44458689d0eccccf47df1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87 – before 1c723d785adb711496bc64c24240f952f4faaabff1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87 – before 92bc8647b4d65f4d4bf8afdb206321c1bc55a486f1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87 – before 585c048d15ed559f20cb94c8fa2f30077efa4fbcf1bce4ad2f1cee6759711904b9fffe4a3dd8af87 – before ced8e8b8f40accfcce4a2bbd8b150aa76d5eff9a
Linux Linux 5.4

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