Service interruption via truncated VLAN frame
Published Dec 27, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026
Out-of-bounds access in the Linux kernel HSR subsystem allows local users to interrupt service by sending a malformed VLAN frame. The fill_frame_info() function trusts skb->mac_len when a 14-byte packet claims to carry a VLAN header, then reads frame fields beyond initialized data. Low-privileged local access capable of sending an HSR packet is required; the reported outcome is a kernel memory-safety fault and loss of availability.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds access in the Linux kernel HSR subsystem allows local users to interrupt service by sending a malformed VLAN frame. The fill_frame_info() function trusts skb->mac_len when a 14-byte packet claims to carry a VLAN header, then reads frame fields beyond initialized data. Low-privileged local access capable of sending an HSR packet is required; the reported outcome is a kernel memory-safety fault and loss of availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-56648
- Published
- Dec 27, 2024
- Updated
- May 23, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-908, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Dec 27, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=48b491a5cc74333c4a6a82fe21cea42c055a3b0b <3c215663b3e27a3b08cefcaea623ff54c70c8035
- Affected versionversion=48b491a5cc74333c4a6a82fe21cea42c055a3b0b <6bb5c8ebc99f0671dbd3c9408ebaf935c3951186
- Affected versionversion=48b491a5cc74333c4a6a82fe21cea42c055a3b0b <7ea527fbd7b94d0bee64a0a7e98279bcc654b322
- Affected versionversion=48b491a5cc74333c4a6a82fe21cea42c055a3b0b <b9653d19e556c6afd035602927a93d100a0d7644
- Affected versionversion=48b491a5cc74333c4a6a82fe21cea42c055a3b0b <c6e778901d0055356c4fb223058364cae731494a
- Affected versionversion=4ffd1d4a6b306ff69cbe412d2c54d2dd349ff436
- Affected versionversion=5.10.42 <5.10.231
- Affected versionversion=5.12.9 <5.13
- Affected versionversion=5.13
- Affected versionversion=f6442ee08fe66c8e45c4f246531a2aaf4f17a7a7 <aa632691c722a123e47ccd05a3afdd5f87a36061
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