CVE-2024-42284: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error tipc_udp_addr2str() should return non-zero value if the UDP media address is invalid. Otherwise, a buffer overflow access can occur in tipc_media_addr_printf(). Fix this by returning 1 on an invalid UDP media address.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.1, before 4.19.320 (fixed in 4.19.320); from 4.20, before 5.4.282 (fixed in 5.4.282); from 5.5, before 5.10.224 (fixed in 5.10.224); from 5.11, before 5.15.165 (fixed in 5.15.165); from 5.16, before 6.1.103 (fixed in 6.1.103); from 6.2, before 6.6.44 (fixed in 6.6.44); …

Published 2024-08-17. Last modified 2026-08-04.