A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.160/6.1.92/6.6.32/6.8.11/6.9.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function dma_unmap_single of the component r8169. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow.

This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-38586. The attack needs to be approached within the local network. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.