medium 5.5

CVE-2024-49948 json

net: add more sanity checks to qdisc_pkt_len_init()

published 2024-10-21 2 y ago modified 2026-10-15 25 d ago also EUVD-2024-43629

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits: 0; none known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

One path takes care of SKB_GSO_DODGY, assuming skb->len is bigger than hdr_len.

virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() does not fully dissect TCP headers, it only make sure it is at least 20 bytes.

It is possible for an user to provide a malicious 'GSO' packet, total length of 80 bytes.

- 20 bytes of IPv4 header - 60 bytes TCP header - a small gso_size like 8

virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() would declare this packet as a normal GSO packet, because it would see 40 bytes of payload, bigger than gso_size.

We need to make detect this case to not underflow qdisc_skb_cb(skb)->pkt_len.

Patch / fix

fixed in 8 distros 6 links 9

Linux Linux 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.55, 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.12
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem V1.1.1
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P V3.2
Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family V3.2
Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family V3.2

debian ubuntu red hat suse opensuse azure linux

linux Debian 12 6.1.115-1
linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.11.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49948

linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-208.228
linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-127.137
linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-54.56
linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1140.150
linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1073.79
linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1023.25
linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1143.152
linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1072.80

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49948

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:6966

kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 1-1.1
kernel-source Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
kernel-default Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-24.1.21.4
kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_5 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 1-1.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1 SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1 SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1 SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1 SUSE-SU-2025:0565-1 SUSE-SU-2025:0564-1

kernel-source-longterm openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.12.11-1.1
kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.11.8-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1

kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.173.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-52620

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-49948 updated 2026-11-05 cvss 5.5

kernel: net: add more sanity checks to qdisc_pkt_len_init()

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, perf 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, rtla 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, python3-perf 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-64k 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-tools 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-modules 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, +27 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, +14 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, +6 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:6966

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-102-01 updated 2026-05-14 cvss 5.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
affected: mitigation, no fix available

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-226-07 updated 2026-02-25 cvss 5.5

Siemens Third-Party Components in SINEC OS

Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) < 3.2
affected: fixed in V3.2 support.industry.siemens.com
Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family < 3.2
affected: fixed in V3.2
Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family < 3.2
affected: fixed in V3.2 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-348-10 updated 2025-08-12 cvss 5.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5
affected: fixed in V3.1.5, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-22)

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

Linux Linux
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P
Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family
Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family

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CVE List CVE-2024-49948
NVD CVE-2024-49948

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