CVE-2024-27417

medium

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d4ffb5b9d879a75e4f7460e8b10e756b4dfb132

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a54834c03c30e549c33d5da0975f3e1454ec906

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/810fa7d5e5202fcfb22720304b755f1bdfd4c174

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44112bc5c74e64f28f5a9127dc34066c7a09bd0f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33a1b6bfef6def2068c8703403759024ce17053e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b0998fdd85776775d975d0024bca227597e836a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10bfd453da64a057bcfd1a49fb6b271c48653cdb

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-05-17

Updated: 2024-11-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium