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CVE-2024-27016

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-27016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter flowtable, specifically affecting Fedora and other Linux kernel versions. It stems from insufficient validation of PPPoE headers, potentially leading to a denial-of-service condition. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local privileges to achieve high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.13, < 5.15.157CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.88CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.6.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.7, < 6.8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (24)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 6.6.35.1-5
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 5.15.158.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 5.15.158.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-5
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 6.6.35.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17325-16823Fixed in: 5.15.158.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19715-17086Fixed in: 5.15.158.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16989-17084Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17785-17084Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17671-17084Fixed in: -
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16839-17084Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-5
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.158.1-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.158.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 kernel 5.15.153.1-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 5.15.158.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 hyperv-daemons 6.6.35.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 hyperv-daemons 6.6.22.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 kernel 6.6.35.1-5 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: -
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 kernel 6.6.22.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-5
nodejspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
pjsippatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-284.75.1.el9_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.75.1.rt14.360.el9_2
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (5)

nodejsllm-nodejs-302528ae26f0d946CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP4 Security Updates

Oct 29, 2024
pjsipllm-pjsip-7ba3ec379210ac70CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP4 Security Updates

Oct 29, 2024
microsoft2024-Sep/CVE-2024-27016

CVE-2024-27016

Sep 10, 2024
microsoft2024-May/CVE-2024-27016Moderate

netfilter: flowtable: validate pppoe header

May 14, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-27016Moderate

kernel: netfilter: flowtable: validate pppoe header

May 1, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/87b3593bed1868b2d9fe096c01bcdf0ea86cbebf
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8bf7c76a2a207ca2b4cfda0a279192adf27678d7
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a2471d271042ea18e8a6babc132a8716bb2f08b9
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cf366ee3bc1b7d1c76a882640ba3b3f8f1039163
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d06977b9a4109f8738bb276125eb6a0b772bc433
Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/4EZ6PJW7VOZ224TD7N4JZNU6KV32ZJ53
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/DAMSOZXJEPUOXW33WZYWCVAY7Z5S7OOY
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/GCBZZEC7L7KTWWAS2NLJK6SO3IZIL4WW