# CVE-2024-44983: netfilter: flowtable: validate vlan header

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-04 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.13

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: validate vlan header Ensure there is sufficient room to access the protocol field of the VLAN header, validate it once before the flowtable lookup. ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x45a/0x5f0 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:32 nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x45a/0x5f0 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:32 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:154 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xf4/0x400 net/netfilter/core.c:626 nf_hook_ingress include/linux/netfilter_netdev.h:34 [inline] nf_ingress net/core/dev.c:5440 [inline]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c05155cc455785916164aa5e1b4605a2ae946537
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9384ae7aec46036d248d1c2c2757e471ab486c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0279c35d242d037abeb73d60d06a6d1bb7f672d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/043a18bb6cf16adaa2f8642acfde6e8956a9caaa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ea14ccb60c8ab829349979b22b58a941ec4a3ee

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