CVE-2020-24504 Denial of service in Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers for Linux

Medium 5.5 Published 17 Feb 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

An authenticated local user can cause a denial of service in Intel Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers for Linux due to uncontrolled resource consumption.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2020-24504?

CVE-2020-24504 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers for Linux, published on 17 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers for Linux before version 1.0.4 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24504?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-24504?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2020-24504 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24504 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24504, GHSA-8x43-fxp7-gqp3, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24504.