Security Advisory
CVE-2024-57938
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sctp: Prevent autoclose integer overflow in sctp_association_init()
While by default max_autoclose equals to INT_MAX / HZ, one may set
net.sctp.max_autoclose to UINT_MAX. There is code in
sctp_association_init() that can consequently trigger overflow.
Published Date
January 21, 2025
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory