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CVE-2024-27417
Published: May 17, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
PUBLISHED
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix potential "struct net" leak in inet6_rtm_getaddr() It seems that if userspace provides a correct IFA_TARGET_NETNSID value but no IFA_ADDRESS and IFA_LOCAL attributes, inet6_rtm_getaddr() returns -EINVAL with an elevated "struct net" refcount.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 6ecf4c37eb3e89b0832c9616089a5cdca3747da7 - < 9d4ffb5b9d879a75e4f7460e8b10e756b4dfb132affected 6ecf4c37eb3e89b0832c9616089a5cdca3747da7 - < 810fa7d5e5202fcfb22720304b755f1bdfd4c174affected 6ecf4c37eb3e89b0832c9616089a5cdca3747da7 - < 8a54834c03c30e549c33d5da0975f3e1454ec906affected 6ecf4c37eb3e89b0832c9616089a5cdca3747da7 - < 1b0998fdd85776775d975d0024bca227597e836aaffected 6ecf4c37eb3e89b0832c9616089a5cdca3747da7 - < 44112bc5c74e64f28f5a9127dc34066c7a09bd0f+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.20unaffected 0 - < 4.20unaffected 5.4.271 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.212 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.151 - <= 5.15.*+4 more versions |
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