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CVE-2024-44945HIGH
Linux Linux — netfilter: nfnetlink: Initialise extack before use in ACKs
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  H  H  H    7.8   .0021   10.8     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    bf2ac490d28c21a349e9eef81edc45320fca4a3c –  —
  Linux    6.10 –                                      6.10.7
TIMELINE
  Aug 21  Reserved by Linux
  Aug 31  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Aug 4   RESCORED — CVE-2024-44945 (Linux). CVSS 7.1 → 7.8 (NVD).
CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 2 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nfnetlink: Initialise extack before use in ACKs Add missing extack initialisation when ACKing BATCH_BEGIN and BATCH_END.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
August 21, 2024ReservedReserved by Linux
August 31, 2024PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
August 4, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2024-44945 (Linux). CVSS 7.1 → 7.8 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinuxbf2ac490d28c21a349e9eef81edc45320fca4a3c
LinuxLinux6.106.10.7

References (2)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2024-44945 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2024-44945 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.