CVE-2024-27417

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.20-6.7.9 - Use-After-Free in inet6_rtm_getaddr

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (8)

Core 8

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (25)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.271linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.151linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.81linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.212linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.21linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.7.9linux
Linux/Linux < 4.20
Linux/Linux 4.20
Linux/Linux 5.10.212 - 5.10.*
... and 15 more
Published May 17, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026