CVE-2020-24504

medium

Published 2021-11-09 · Modified 2021-11-12

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

5.5

Description

Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers for Linux before version 1.0.4 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: alma — https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4356.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-24504

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24504.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`5.14.6-1`
debian	bullseye	affected
debian	forky	fixed	`5.14.6-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`5.14.6-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`5.14.6-1`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24504.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-24504
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4356.html

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.