CVE-2024-57938: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sctp: Prevent autoclose integer overflow in sctp_association_init() While by default max_autoclose equals to INT_MAX / HZ, one may set net.sctp.max_autoclose to UINT_MAX. There is code in sctp_association_init() that can consequently trigger overflow.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.13, before 5.4.289 (fixed in 5.4.289); from 5.5, before 5.10.233 (fixed in 5.10.233); from 5.11, before 5.15.176 (fixed in 5.15.176); from 5.16, before 6.1.124 (fixed in 6.1.124); from 6.2, before 6.6.70 (fixed in 6.6.70); from 6.7, before 6.12.9 (fixed in 6.12.9); …

Published 2025-01-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.