Kernel data exposure and crash via header misrestore
Published May 30, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Kernel packet-processing corruption in Linux allows local users to expose heap data, alter transmitted frames, or crash the host. In nsh_gso_segment(), restoring stale skb header offsets after inner segmentation leaves data and mac_header pointing into shifted buffers or the NSH header instead of the outer header. Reachability requires CAP_NET_RAW obtainable in a user and network namespace and a crafted layered GSO packet; consequences include heap-data emission, malformed frames, and kernel panic.
Summary
What happened
Kernel packet-processing corruption in Linux allows local users to expose heap data, alter transmitted frames, or crash the host. In nsh_gso_segment(), restoring stale skb header offsets after inner segmentation leaves data and mac_header pointing into shifted buffers or the NSH header instead of the outer header. Reachability requires CAP_NET_RAW obtainable in a user and network namespace and a crafted layered GSO packet; consequences include heap-data emission, malformed frames, and kernel panic.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-36933
- Published
- May 30, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 30, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.14
- Affected versionversion=c411ed854584a71b0e86ac3019b60e4789d88086 <29a07f2ee4d273760c2acbfc756e29eccd82470a
- Affected versionversion=c411ed854584a71b0e86ac3019b60e4789d88086 <37ed6f244ec5bda2e90b085084e322ea55d0aaa2
- Affected versionversion=c411ed854584a71b0e86ac3019b60e4789d88086 <46134031c20fd313d03b90169d64b2e05ca6b65c
- Affected versionversion=c411ed854584a71b0e86ac3019b60e4789d88086 <4b911a9690d72641879ea6d13cce1de31d346d79
- Affected versionversion=c411ed854584a71b0e86ac3019b60e4789d88086 <5a4603fbc285752d19e4b415466db18ef3617e4a
- Affected versionversion=c411ed854584a71b0e86ac3019b60e4789d88086 <696d18bb59727a2e0526c0802a812620be1c9340
- Affected versionversion=c411ed854584a71b0e86ac3019b60e4789d88086 <a7c2c3c1caabcb4a3d6c47284c397507aaf54fe9
- Affected versionversion=c411ed854584a71b0e86ac3019b60e4789d88086 <bbccf0caef2fa917d6d0692385a06ce3c262a216
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