CVE-2024-14040

CVE-2024-14040: In the Linux kernel, the nexthop weight field is increased from 8-bit to 16-bit to support larger weight ratios in ECMP/CLOS environments. The change affects the nexthop_grp UAPI structure used to configure nexthops, introducing weight_high to carry high-order bits while keeping w...

EUVD-2024-55701

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: nexthop: Increase weight to u16 In CLOS networks, as link failures occur at various points in the network, ECMP weights of the involved nodes are adjusted to compensate. With high fan-out of the involved nodes, and overall...