CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-44985

7.8 HIGH Published 2024-09-04 Modified 2026-08-04 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2024-09-04
Last modified
2026-08-04
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-416

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible UAF in ip6_xmit() If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed and the associated dst/idev could also have been freed. We must use rcu_read_lock() to prevent a possible UAF.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 5.15 < 5.15.166) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.107) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.48) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.10.7) • linux linux kernel 6.11

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References