{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2024-05-17T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: mptcp: use OPTION_MPTCP_MPJ_SYNACK in subflow_finish_connect()",
    "id" : "2281282",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2281282"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nmptcp: use OPTION_MPTCP_MPJ_SYNACK in subflow_finish_connect()\nsubflow_finish_connect() uses four fields (backup, join_id, thmac, none)\nthat may contain garbage unless OPTION_MPTCP_MPJ_SYNACK has been set\nin mptcp_parse_option()", "CVE-2024-35840 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s Multipath TCP (MPTCP) implementation. It occurs because the subflow_finish_connect() function may handle uninitialized data in certain fields if a specific MPTCP option (OPTION_MPTCP_MPJ_SYNACK) is not correctly set during option parsing. This could lead to unpredictable behavior in MPTCP connections. The issue has been resolved by ensuring proper initialization and handling of these fields." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-11-12T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:9315",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2024-11-12T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2024:9315",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-35840\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35840\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024051756-CVE-2024-35840-99fa@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2024-35840",
  "csaw" : false
}