CVE-2024-46854: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dpaa: Pad packets to ETH_ZLEN When sending packets under 60 bytes, up to three bytes of the buffer following the data may be leaked. Avoid this by extending all packets to ETH_ZLEN, ensuring nothing is leaked in the padding. This bug can be reproduced by running $ ping -s 11 destination

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.10, before 6.1.111 (fixed in 6.1.111); from 6.2, before 6.6.52 (fixed in 6.6.52); from 6.7, before 6.10.11 (fixed in 6.10.11); version 6.11 only

Published 2024-09-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.