CVE-2024-49973

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Published 2025-05-13 · Modified 2026-05-12

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CVSS v3

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: r8169: add tally counter fields added with RTL8125 RTL8125 added fields to the tally counter, what may result in the chip dma'ing these new fields to unallocated memory. Therefore make sure that the allocated memory area is big enough to hold all of the tally counter values, even if we use only parts of it.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2024-49973 NameCVE-2024-49973 DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: r8169: add tally counter fields added with RTL8125 RTL8125 added fields to the tally counter, what may result in the chip dma'ing these new fields to unallocated memory. Therefore make sure that the allocated memory area is big enough to hold all of the tally counter values, even if we…

CVE-2024-49973

Name	CVE-2024-49973
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: r8169: add tally counter fields added with RTL8125 RTL8125 added fields to the tally counter, what may result in the chip dma'ing these new fields to unallocated memory. Therefore make sure that the allocated memory area is big enough to hold all of the tally counter values, even if we use only parts of it.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4008-1, DLA-4075-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.257-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.170-3	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.174-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.86-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.90-2	fixed
	forky, sid	7.0.10-1	fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)	bullseye (security)	6.1.174-1~deb11u1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	5.10.234-1	DLA-4075-1
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.115-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.11.4-1
linux-6.1	source	bullseye	6.1.119-1~deb11u1	DLA-4008-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/ced8e8b8f40accfcce4a2bbd8b150aa76d5eff9a (6.12-rc1)

Home - Debian Security - Source (Git)

Apply commands

text fix

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/ced8e8b8f40accfcce4a2bbd8b150aa76d5eff9a (6.12-rc1)

OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	`5.10.227`

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`6.11.4-1`
sid	Fixed	`6.11.4-1`
forky	Fixed	`6.11.4-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`5.10.234-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`6.1.115-1`

Red Hat Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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