CVE-2024-27417

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
17/05/2024
Last modified:
05/11/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> ipv6: fix potential "struct net" leak in inet6_rtm_getaddr()<br /> <br /> It seems that if userspace provides a correct IFA_TARGET_NETNSID value<br /> but no IFA_ADDRESS and IFA_LOCAL attributes, inet6_rtm_getaddr()<br /> returns -EINVAL with an elevated "struct net" refcount.

Impact