In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_limit: reject configurations that cause integer overflow Reject bogus configs where internal token counter wraps around. This only occurs with very very large requests, such as 17gbyte/s. Its better to reject this rather than having incorrect ratelimit.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
  • Rhel Eus

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-0:5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 RHSA-2024:5928 2024-08-28T00:00:00Z
kernel-0:5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 RHSA-2024:5928 2024-08-28T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
kernel-0:5.14.0-284.75.1.el9_2 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2 RHSA-2024:4823 2024-07-24T00:00:00Z
kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.75.1.rt14.360.el9_2 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv RHSA-2024:4831 2024-07-24T00:00:00Z
References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00c2c29aa36d1d1827c51a3720e9f893a22c7c6a cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79d4efd75e7dbecd855a3b8a63e65f7265f466e1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9882495d02ecc490604f747437a40626dc9160d0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc6e242bb74e2ae616bfd2b250682b738e781c9b cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9d9eb9c53d37cdebbad56b91e40baf42d5a97aa cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024040235-CVE-2024-26668-636e@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26668 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26668 cve-icon
History

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-04-02T06:43:29.690Z

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:53:32.255Z

Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.149Z

Link: CVE-2024-26668

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:14:12.622Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-02T07:15:43.627

Modified: 2025-03-17T15:04:22.180

Link: CVE-2024-26668

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-04-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-26668 - Bugzilla