CVE-2024-44985

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

04/09/2024

Last modified:

03/11/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible UAF in ip6_xmit() If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed and the associated dst/idev could also have been freed. We must use rcu_read_lock() to prevent a possible UAF.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.15 (including)	5.15.166 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.107 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.48 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.10.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc4::::::

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CVE-2024-44985

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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