CVE-2024-53044

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's network scheduling subsystem. When configuring traffic control rules with identical ingress and egress block identifiers, an error-handling failure prevents network flow blocks from properly unbinding on failure. A local user with network administration privileges can exploit this flaw to cause a Denial of Service (DoS), leaving the network device in an irrecoverable state until the driver is reloaded or the system is rebooted.

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.