5.5

CVE-2024-27417

ipv6: fix potential "struct net" leak in inet6_rtm_getaddr()

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.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 4.20 < 5.4.271
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.212
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.151
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.81
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.21
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.7.9
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc1
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc2
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc3
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc4
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc5
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.8 Updaterc6
Debian ≫ Debian Linux Version10.0
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.01% 0.018
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.