Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-48611.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-48611
Upstream
Published
2024-09-04T20:15:07Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:17:13.121562Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2024-44986 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.167.1-1
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: fix possible UAF in ip6finishoutput2()

If skbexpandhead() returns NULL, skb has been freed and associated dst/idev could also have been freed.

We need to hold rcureadlock() to make sure the dst and associated idev are alive.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.15.167.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-48611.json"