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MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2024-36946
phonet: fix rtm_phonet_notify() skb allocation
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phonet: fix rtm_phonet_notify() skb allocation fill_route() stores three components in the skb: - struct rtmsg - RTA_DST (u8) - RTA_OIF (u32) Therefore, rtm_phonet_notify() should use NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct rtmsg)) + nla_total_size(1) + nla_total_size(4)

INFO

Published Date :

May 30, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 22, 2026, 8:03 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-36946 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Debian debian_linux
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This addresses a vulnerability in the Linux kernel related to skb allocation.
  • Update the affected kernel packages.
  • Update the affected packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-36946.

URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ff334cade9dae50e4be387f71e94fae634aa9b4 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/728a83160f98ee6b60df0d890141b9b7240182fe Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a77226440008cf04ba68faf641a2d50f4998137 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8cac8568618dcb8a51af3db1103e8d4cc4aeea7 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc6beac059f0331de97155a89d84058d4a9e49c7 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec1f71c05caeba0f814df77e0f511d8b4618623a Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee9e39a6cb3ca2a3d35b4ae25547ee3526a44d00 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f085e02f0a32f6dfcfabc6535c9c4a1707cef86b Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ff334cade9dae50e4be387f71e94fae634aa9b4 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/728a83160f98ee6b60df0d890141b9b7240182fe Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a77226440008cf04ba68faf641a2d50f4998137 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8cac8568618dcb8a51af3db1103e8d4cc4aeea7 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc6beac059f0331de97155a89d84058d4a9e49c7 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec1f71c05caeba0f814df77e0f511d8b4618623a Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee9e39a6cb3ca2a3d35b4ae25547ee3526a44d00 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f085e02f0a32f6dfcfabc6535c9c4a1707cef86b Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00019.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241004-0002/ Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-36946 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-36946 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-36946 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 22, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-401
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 up to (excluding) 6.8.10 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 up to (excluding) 6.6.31 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.20 up to (excluding) 5.4.276 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5 up to (excluding) 5.10.217 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.16 up to (excluding) 6.1.91 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 up to (excluding) 5.15.159 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.33 up to (excluding) 4.19.314
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ff334cade9dae50e4be387f71e94fae634aa9b4 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/728a83160f98ee6b60df0d890141b9b7240182fe Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a77226440008cf04ba68faf641a2d50f4998137 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8cac8568618dcb8a51af3db1103e8d4cc4aeea7 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc6beac059f0331de97155a89d84058d4a9e49c7 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec1f71c05caeba0f814df77e0f511d8b4618623a Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee9e39a6cb3ca2a3d35b4ae25547ee3526a44d00 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f085e02f0a32f6dfcfabc6535c9c4a1707cef86b Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ff334cade9dae50e4be387f71e94fae634aa9b4 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/728a83160f98ee6b60df0d890141b9b7240182fe Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a77226440008cf04ba68faf641a2d50f4998137 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8cac8568618dcb8a51af3db1103e8d4cc4aeea7 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc6beac059f0331de97155a89d84058d4a9e49c7 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec1f71c05caeba0f814df77e0f511d8b4618623a Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee9e39a6cb3ca2a3d35b4ae25547ee3526a44d00 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f085e02f0a32f6dfcfabc6535c9c4a1707cef86b Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00019.html Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241004-0002/ Types: Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ff334cade9dae50e4be387f71e94fae634aa9b4
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/728a83160f98ee6b60df0d890141b9b7240182fe
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a77226440008cf04ba68faf641a2d50f4998137
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8cac8568618dcb8a51af3db1103e8d4cc4aeea7
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc6beac059f0331de97155a89d84058d4a9e49c7
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec1f71c05caeba0f814df77e0f511d8b4618623a
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee9e39a6cb3ca2a3d35b4ae25547ee3526a44d00
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f085e02f0a32f6dfcfabc6535c9c4a1707cef86b
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00019.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241004-0002/
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Nov. 05, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
    Removed Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00019.html
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Jun. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00019.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Jun. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    May. 30, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phonet: fix rtm_phonet_notify() skb allocation fill_route() stores three components in the skb: - struct rtmsg - RTA_DST (u8) - RTA_OIF (u32) Therefore, rtm_phonet_notify() should use NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct rtmsg)) + nla_total_size(1) + nla_total_size(4)
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec1f71c05caeba0f814df77e0f511d8b4618623a [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc6beac059f0331de97155a89d84058d4a9e49c7 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f085e02f0a32f6dfcfabc6535c9c4a1707cef86b [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ff334cade9dae50e4be387f71e94fae634aa9b4 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/728a83160f98ee6b60df0d890141b9b7240182fe [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee9e39a6cb3ca2a3d35b4ae25547ee3526a44d00 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a77226440008cf04ba68faf641a2d50f4998137 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8cac8568618dcb8a51af3db1103e8d4cc4aeea7 [No types assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.5
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