In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-net: fix overflow inside virtnet_rq_alloc When the frag just got a page, then may lead to regression on VM. Specially if the sysctl net.core.high_order_alloc_disable value is 1, then the frag always get a page when do refill. Which could see reliable crashes or scp failure (scp a file 100M in size to VM). The issue is that the virtnet_rq_dma takes up 16 bytes at the beginning of a new frag. When the frag size is larger than PAGE_SIZE, everything is fine. However, if the frag is only one page and the total size of the buffer and virtnet_rq_dma is larger than one page, an overflow may occur. The commit f9dac92ba908 ("virtio_ring: enable premapped mode whatever use_dma_api") introduced this problem. And we reverted some commits to fix this in last linux version. Now we try to enable it and fix this bug directly. Here, when the frag size is not enough, we reduce the buffer len to fix this problem.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-57843 is rated Low Risk (25.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.02% | 0.20% | +0.18% |
| 2 | 2025-09-25 | 0.05% | 0.02% | -0.03% |
| 3 | 2025-09-16 | — | 0.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2024-57843 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-57843 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57843 |
suse
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high | CVE-2024-57843 severity important: SUSE including 69 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 285 product×package rows across 46 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Liberty Linux 9, … (46 product lines)): Known Not Affected 242, Fixed 43. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57843/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2024-57843 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 151, released 136, needed 75, not-affected 44. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57843 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | < 6.6.66 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.7, < 6.12.5 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |