{"cve":"CVE-2024-44996","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-04T20:15:08.413","modified":"2026-06-17T07:53:23.047","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvsock: fix recursive ->recvmsg calls\n\nAfter a vsock socket has been added to a BPF sockmap, its prot->recvmsg\nhas been replaced with vsock_bpf_recvmsg(). Thus the following\nrecursiion could happen:\n\nvsock_bpf_recvmsg()\n -> __vsock_recvmsg()\n  -> vsock_connectible_recvmsg()\n   -> prot->recvmsg()\n    -> vsock_bpf_recvmsg() again\n\nWe need to fix it by calling the original ->recvmsg() without any BPF\nsockmap logic in __vsock_recvmsg().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-674"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69139d2919dd4aa9a553c8245e7c63e82613e3fc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/921f1acf0c3cf6b1260ab57a8a6e8b3d5f3023d5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4ee8cf1acc5018ed1369150d7bb3e0d0f79e135"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-44996","score":0.00211,"percentile":0.11441,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}