CVE-2024-41044: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ppp: reject claimed-as-LCP but actually malformed packets Since 'ppp_async_encode()' assumes valid LCP packets (with code from 1 to 7 inclusive), add 'ppp_check_packet()' to ensure that LCP packet has an actual body beyond PPP_LCP header bytes, and reject claimed-as-LCP but actually malformed data otherwise.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.13, before 4.19.318 (fixed in 4.19.318); from 4.20, before 5.4.280 (fixed in 5.4.280); from 5.5, before 5.10.222 (fixed in 5.10.222); from 5.11, before 5.15.163 (fixed in 5.15.163); from 5.16, before 6.1.100 (fixed in 6.1.100); from 6.2, before 6.6.41 (fixed in 6.6.41); …

Published 2024-07-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.