CVE-2024-44986
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2024-09-04 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
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.
See more information about CVE-2024-44986 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.3 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H |
| Version: | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | Low |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | Low |
| Availability Impact: | High |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20153 | 2025-03-10 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2024-12815 | 2024-11-11 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2025-20153 | 2025-03-10 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2024-12815 | 2024-11-11 |
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