Unauthenticated kernel-memory disclosure and crash via tag overflow
Published Dec 24, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Integer overflow in Linux NFSD allows remote attackers to disclose kernel memory or crash the host through a malformed NFS callback reply. In decode_cb_compound4res(), an attacker-controlled tag length is incremented by four, so values at least U32_MAX - 3 wrap and drive a wild kernel-memory read. A malicious NFS peer can repeatedly trigger a kernel oops that leaks addresses and can panic the host or wedge callback processing.
Summary
What happened
Integer overflow in Linux NFSD allows remote attackers to disclose kernel memory or crash the host through a malformed NFS callback reply. In decode_cb_compound4res(), an attacker-controlled tag length is incremented by four, so values at least U32_MAX - 3 wrap and drive a wild kernel-memory read. A malicious NFS peer can repeatedly trigger a kernel oops that leaks addresses and can panic the host or wedge callback processing.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-53146
- Published
- Dec 24, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-190, T1210
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 24, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <084f797dbc7e52209a4ab6dbc7f0109268754eb9
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <3c5f545c9a1f8a1869246f6f3ae8c17289d6a841
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <745f7ce5a95e783ba62fe774325829466aec2aa8
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <7f33b92e5b18e904a481e6e208486da43e4dc841
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <842f1c27a1aef5367e535f9e85c8c3b06352151a
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <90adbae9dd158da8331d9fdd32077bd1af04f553
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <ccd3394f9a7200d6b088553bf38e688620cd27af
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <dde654cad08fdaac370febb161ec41eb58e9d2a2
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <de53c5305184ca1333b87e695d329d1502d694ce
- Affected versionversion=2.6.12
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