CVE-2024-56637

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Publication date:

27/12/2024

Last modified:

03/11/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: Hold module reference while requesting a module User space may unload ip_set.ko while it is itself requesting a set type backend module, leading to a kernel crash. The race condition may be provoked by inserting an mdelay() right after the nfnl_unlock() call.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

4.70

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.39 (including)	5.4.287 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.231 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.174 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.120 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.66 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1::::::

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CVE-2024-56637

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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