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NTAP-20240828-0010 — CVE-2024-42154 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2024-08-28 · Updated 2026-10-08 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: MEDIUM 4.4 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20240828-0010 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Baseboard management controllers · Active IQ Unified Manager · E-Series / SANtricity · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 4.4

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2024-42154 — MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2024-42154 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp_metrics: validate source addr length I don't see anything checking that TCP_METRICS_ATTR_SADDR_IPV4 is at least 4 bytes long, and the policy doesn't have an entry for this attribute at all (neither does it for IPv6 but v6 is manually validated).

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of sensitive information, addition or modification of data, or Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400/C400
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H615C
NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9

Official fixes

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗
E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x — vendor fix ↗
FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - 8300/8700/A400/C400 — vendor fix ↗
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility — vendor fix ↗

What to do

Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.