CVE-2024-44985

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-44985
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-44985.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-44985
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-09-04T19:54:34.188Z
Modified
2026-05-15T11:54:26.402795026Z
Summary
ipv6: prevent possible UAF in ip6_xmit()
Details

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

ipv6: prevent possible UAF in ip6_xmit()

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

We must use rcureadlock() to prevent a possible UAF.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/44xxx/CVE-2024-44985.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.15.0
Fixed
5.15.166
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.107
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.48
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.10.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-44985.json"