#VU89001 Error handling in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-26584 

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#VU89001 Error handling in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-26584

Published: April 25, 2024 / Updated: May 14, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU89001
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26584
CWE-ID: CWE-388
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

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 updates from vendor's website.

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