CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-27417

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-05-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-05-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix potential "struct net" leak in inet6_rtm_getaddr() It seems that if userspace provides a correct IFA_TARGET_NETNSID value but no IFA_ADDRESS and IFA_LOCAL attributes, inet6_rtm_getaddr() returns -EINVAL with an elevated "struct net" refcount.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.271) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.212) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.151) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.81) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.21) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.7.9) • linux linux kernel 6.8 • debian debian linux 10.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References