CVE Database›CVE-2024-26668

CVE-2024-26668

kernel: netfilter: nft_limit: reject configurations that cause integer overflow

Loading…

Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

7.1

CVSS 3.1

Review impact separately from score.

Published · April 2, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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

netfilter: nft_limit: reject configurations that cause integer overflow

Reject bogus configs where internal token counter wraps around. This only occurs with very very large requests, such as 17gbyte/s.

Its better to reject this rather than having incorrect ratelimit.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound