CVE-2024-35857

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.158 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: icmp: prevent possible NULL dereferences from icmp_build_probe() First problem is a double call to __in_dev_get_rcu(), because the second one could return NULL. if (__in_dev_get_rcu(dev) && __in_dev_get_rcu(dev)->ifa_list) Second problem is a read from dev->ip6_ptr with no NULL check: if (!list_empty(&rcu_dereference(dev->ip6_ptr)->addr_list)) Use the correct RCU API to fix these. v2: add missing include <net/addrconf.h>

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 18.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

CWE
CWE-476
Status published

Affected Products (10)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.158
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel < 5.15.158linux
linux/Kernel < 6.1.90linux
linux/Kernel < 6.6.30linux
linux/Kernel < 6.8.9linux

Timeline

Published May 17, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026