What is CVE-2024-42283?

CVE-2024-42283 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2024-42283 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42283?

CVE-2024-42283 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42283?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-42283. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2024-42283 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-42283 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2024-42283

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: nexthop: Initialize all fields in dumped nexthops struct nexthop_grp contains two reserved fields that are not initialized by nla_put_nh_group(), and carry garbage. This can be observed e.g. with strace (edited for clarity): # ip nexthop add id 1 dev lo # ip nexthop add id 101 group 1 # strace -e recvmsg ip nexthop get id 101 ... recvmsg(... [{nla_len=12, nla_type=NHA_GROUP}, [{id=1, weight=0, resvd1=0x69, resvd2=0x67}]] ...) = 52 The fields are reserved and therefore not currently used. But as they are, they leak kernel memory, and the fact they are not just zero complicates repurposing of the fields for new ends. Initialize the full structure.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-08-17

Last modified 2026-05-12

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-908

CVE-2024-42283 is classified as CWE-908

See CWE-908 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2024-42283 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Cert-Portal
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1377de719652d868f5317ba8398b7e74c5f0430b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cc4d71dda2dd4f1520f40e634a527022e48ccd8
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d745cd0e9720282cd291d36b9db528aea18add2
Patch

7 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-42283

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-08-17

Modified 2026-05-12

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42283?

CVE-2024-42283 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2024-42283 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-42283?

CVE-2024-42283 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-42283?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2024-42283. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2024-42283 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2024-42283 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.