Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 30, 2024· Updated May 12, 2026

CVE-2024-44944

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: ctnetlink: use helper function to calculate expect ID

Delete expectation path is missing a call to the nf_expect_get_id() helper function to calculate the expectation ID, otherwise LSB of the expectation object address is leaked to userspace.

Affected products

Linux/Linuxv5
Range: 5.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

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Severity

MediumCVSS v3.1

5.5/ 10

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Vector

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

EPSS

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

0.02%

VYPR risk score

Composite of severity, exploitation, and reach.

0.36medium

cvss	0.358
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000

Weaknesses

CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVE ID

CVE-2024-44944