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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2024-49973 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: r8169: add tally counter fields added with RTL8125 RTL8125 added fields to the tally counter, what may result in the chip dma'ing these new fields to unallocated memory. Therefore make sure that the allocated memory area is big enough to hold all of the tally counter values, even if we use only parts of it.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c723d785adb711496bc64c24240f952f4faaabf Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21950321ad33d7613b1453f4c503d7b1871deb61 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585c048d15ed559f20cb94c8fa2f30077efa4fbc Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64648ae8c97ec5a3165021627f5a1658ebe081ca
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92bc8647b4d65f4d4bf8afdb206321c1bc55a486 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/991e8b0bab669b7d06927c3e442b3352532e8581 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ced8e8b8f40accfcce4a2bbd8b150aa76d5eff9a Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe44b3bfbf0c74df5712f44458689d0eccccf47d Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-49973
NVD Published Date:
10/21/2024
NVD Last Modified:
11/08/2024
Source:
kernel.org