{"cve":"CVE-2024-49973","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T18:15:18.163","modified":"2026-10-15T01:19:02.800","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nr8169: add tally counter fields added with RTL8125\n\nRTL8125 added fields to the tally counter, what may result in the chip\ndma'ing these new fields to unallocated memory. Therefore make sure\nthat the allocated memory area is big enough to hold all of the\ntally counter values, even if we use only parts of it.","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c723d785adb711496bc64c24240f952f4faaabf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21950321ad33d7613b1453f4c503d7b1871deb61","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585c048d15ed559f20cb94c8fa2f30077efa4fbc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64648ae8c97ec5a3165021627f5a1658ebe081ca","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92bc8647b4d65f4d4bf8afdb206321c1bc55a486"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-49973","score":0.00259,"percentile":0.1737,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}