7.8

CVE-2024-44940: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44940DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44940
Published 26-08-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-44940 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.75%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 27 · Related 22

Timeline

  1. 26-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fou: remove warn in gue_gro_receive on unsupported protocol Drop the WARN_ON_ONCE inn gue_gro_receive if the encapsulated type is not known or does not have a GRO handler. Such a packet is easily constructed. Syzbot generates them and sets off this warning. Remove the warning as it is expected and not actionable. The warning was previously reduced from WARN_ON to WARN_ON_ONCE in commit 270136613bf7 ("fou: Do WARN_ON_ONCE in gue_gro_receive for bad proto callbacks").

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.75% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.75%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu129 products
  • linux< 4.4.0-260.294 | < 4.15.0-230.242 | < 5.4.0-202.222 | < 5.15.0-127.137 | < 6.8.0-50.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1137.143 | < 4.4.0-1175.190 | < 4.15.0-1174.187 | < 5.4.0-1136.146 | < 5.15.0-1073.79 | < 6.8.0-1020.22
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 37dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b, < a925a200299a6dfc7c172f54da6f374edc930053 | ≥ 37dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b, < b1453a5616c7bd8acd90633ceba4e59105ba3b51 | ≥ 37dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b, < 5a2e37bc648a2503bf6d687aed27b9f4455d82eb | ≥ 37dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b, < 3db4395332e7050ef9ddeb3052e6b5019f2a2a59 | ≥ 37dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b, < 440ab7f97261bc28501636a13998e1b1946d2e79 | ≥ 37dd0247797b168ad1cc7f5dbec825a1ee66535b, < dd89a81d850fa9a65f67b4527c0e420d15bf836c | 3.18
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.18, < 5.10.234 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.174 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.107 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.47 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.6

3 vendors · 133 products

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