VDB
GHSA-vqrc-44v8-36x8
GHSA-vqrc-44v8-36x8
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2024
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 17, 2024 CVE Published
- Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44112bc5c74e64f28f5a9127dc34066c7a09bd0f url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/810fa7d5e5202fcfb22720304b755f1bdfd4c174 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d4ffb5b9d879a75e4f7460e8b10e756b4dfb132 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27417 advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10bfd453da64a057bcfd1a49fb6b271c48653cdb url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b0998fdd85776775d975d0024bca227597e836a url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33a1b6bfef6def2068c8703403759024ce17053e url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a54834c03c30e549c33d5da0975f3e1454ec906 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html advisory