CVE-2024-26849

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's netlink component, caused by missing size validations for big-endian integer types NLA_BE16 and NLA_BE32. A lack of proper checks means that if a malformed or too-small attribute is passed, it can lead to an out-of-bounds read, potentially causing system instability.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 are not affected by this vulnerability.

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 for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.