CVE-2024-44990
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok We must check if there is an active slave before dereferencing the pointer.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| rocky | 9 | fixed | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.112-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.226-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.10.7-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.10.7-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.10.7-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 5.10.225 | |
| linux-kernel | 6.11 | affected | |
| almalinux | 8 | fixed | kernel-doc-4.18.0-553.27.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4341
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0707260a18312bbcd2a5668584e3692d0a29e3f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f5bdd68c1ce64bda6bef4d361a3de23b04ccd59
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32a0173600c63aadaf2103bf02f074982e8602ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81216b9352be43f8958092d379f6dec85443c309
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95c90e4ad89d493a7a14fa200082e466e2548f9d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b70b0ddfed31fc92c8dc722d0afafc8e14cb550c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:8870
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:8856
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44990.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:4341
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-44990
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8856
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266247
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2269183
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2275750
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2277168
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2278262
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2278350
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2278387
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.