CVE-2024-44986

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44986
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-44986.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-44986
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Published
2024-09-04T20:15:07Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
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
[none]
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