CVE-2024-44986 (GCVE-0-2024-44986)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-09-04 19:54
Modified
2026-08-05 11:37
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix possible UAF in ip6_finish_output2() If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed and associated dst/idev could also have been freed. We need to hold rcu_read_lock() to make sure the dst and associated idev are alive.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: 5796015fa968a3349027a27dcd04c71d95c53ba5
Version: 5796015fa968a3349027a27dcd04c71d95c53ba5
Version: 5796015fa968a3349027a27dcd04c71d95c53ba5
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Version: ded37d03440d0ab346a8287cc2ba88b8dc90ceb0
Version: 2323690eb05865a657709f4d28eb9538ea97bfc2
Version: b34c668a867ffdcf8bd8db4a36512572e82b4a15
Version: 5.4.137   ≤
Version: 5.10.55   ≤
Version: 5.13.7   ≤
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