CVE-2024-45018 netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use

What is CVE-2024-45018?

CVE-2024-45018 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: flowtable: initialise extack before use

Fix missing initialisation of extack in flow offload.

Weakness: CWE-665

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45018?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-45018?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-45018 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45018 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as AZL-49206, AZL-49245, BELL-CVE-2024-45018, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45018, GHSA-jrpv-cgg9-hfmj, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45018.