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DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38612

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38612 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: sr: fix invalid unregister error path The error path of seg6_init() is wrong in case CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_LWTUNNEL is not defined. In that case if seg6_hmac_init() fails, the genl_unregister_family() isn't called. This issue exist since commit 46738b1317e1 ("ipv6: sr: add option to control lwtunnel support"), and commit 5559cea2d5aa ("ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref") replaced unregister_pernet_subsys() with genl_unregister_family() in this error path.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12linux6.1.52-1, 6.1.52-1, 6.1.55-1
Debian:14linux0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0
Debian:11linux5.10.148-1, 5.10.149-1, 5.10.149-2

Timeline

  • Jun 19, 2024 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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