CVE-2024-27016
High
netfilter: flowtable: validate pppoe header
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: validate pppoe header Ensure there is sufficient room to access the protocol field of the PPPoe header. Validate it once before the flowtable lookup, then use a helper function to access protocol field.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
May 1, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-27016
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: validate pppoe header Ensure there is sufficient room to access the protocol field of the PPPoe header. Validate it once before the flowtable lookup, then use a helper function to access protocol field.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87b3593bed1868b2d9fe096c01bcdf0ea86cbebf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bf7c76a2a207ca2b4cfda0a279192adf27678d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2471d271042ea18e8a6babc132a8716bb2f08b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf366ee3bc1b7d1c76a882640ba3b3f8f1039163
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d06977b9a4109f8738bb276125eb6a0b772bc433
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/27xxx/CVE-2024-27016.json
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4EZ6PJW7VOZ224TD7N4JZNU6KV32ZJ53/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DAMSOZXJEPUOXW33WZYWCVAY7Z5S7OOY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GCBZZEC7L7KTWWAS2NLJK6SO3IZIL4WW/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27016