kernel: sched: act_ct: take care of padding in struct zones_ht_key

rhashtablelookup may be using padding bytes which are not initialized. This may lead to possible compromised Availability...

kernel: sched: act_ct: take care of padding in struct zones_ht_key

rhashtablelookup may be using padding bytes which are not initialized. This may lead to possible compromised Availability...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42272

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched: actct: take care of padding in struct zoneshtkey Blamed commit increased lookup key size from 2 bytes to 16 bytes, because zoneshtkey got a struct net pointer. Make sure rhashtablelookup is not using the padding bytes whic...

CVE-2024-42272

The connected IBM Security Bulletin confirms CVE-2024-42272 as a Linux kernel issue fixed in sched: act_ct. The root cause was the padding in zones_ht_key after a patch widened the rhashtable key from 2 to 16 bytes; rhashtable_lookup() could read uninitialized padding bytes. The fix ensures paddi...

CVE-2024-42272 sched: act_ct: take care of padding in struct zones_ht_key

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched: actct: take care of padding in struct zoneshtkey Blamed commit increased lookup key size from 2 bytes to 16 bytes, because zoneshtkey got a struct net pointer. Make sure rhashtablelookup is not using the padding bytes whic...