CVE-2024-41044

kernel: ppp: reject claimed-as-LCP but actually malformed packets

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.9

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 29, 2024

Updated · October 31, 2026

Description

The vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's ppp ppp_generic.c driver, in the ppp_read() and ppp_write() functions where malformed packets were erroneously identified as LCP packets, leading to potential issues with packet handling. This flaw could potentially lead to system instability.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation