SB2024042542 - Remote denial of service in Linux kernel TLS implementation
Published: April 25, 2024 Updated: May 14, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024042542
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Error handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26584)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling backlogging of crypto requests in net/tls/tls_sw.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the system and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8590541473188741055d27b955db0777569438e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13eca403876bbea3716e82cdfe6f1e6febb38754
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab6397f072e5097f267abf5cb08a8004e6b17694
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd1bbca03f3c1d845ce274c0d0a66de8e5929f72
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.84