CVE-2024-46854

kernel: net: dpaa: Pad packets to ETH_ZLEN

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 27, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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

net: dpaa: Pad packets to ETH_ZLEN

When sending packets under 60 bytes, up to three bytes of the buffer following the data may be leaked. Avoid this by extending all packets to ETH_ZLEN, ensuring nothing is leaked in the padding. This bug can be reproduced by running

$ ping -s 11 destination

CVSS score applicability

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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-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor