HighFix available
ipv6: fix possible UAF in ip6_finish_output2()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix possible UAF in ip6_finish_output2() If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed and associated dst/idev could also have been freed. We need to hold rcu_read_lock() to make sure the dst and associated idev are alive.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.233, 5.15.166, 5.4.289, 6.1.107, 6.10.7, 6.6.48
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-44986
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 12:50 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ipv6: fix possible UAF in ip6_finish_output2()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 4 Sept 2024, 19:54 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix possible UAF in ip6_finish_output2() If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed and associated dst/idev could also have been freed. We need to hold rcu_read_lock() to make sure the dst and associated idev are alive.
osv:CVE-2024-44986
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.4.289, 5.10.233, 5.15.166, 6.1.107, 6.6.48, 6.10.7
Complete source record
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