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Vulnerability · Published Sep 4, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-44985ipv6: prevent possible UAF in ip6_xmit()

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible UAF in ip6_xmit() If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed and the associated dst/idev could also have been freed. We must use rcu_read_lock() to prevent a possible UAF.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.112-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44985
Debian:12linux6.1.112-1DSA-5782-1
Debian:13linux6.10.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44985
Debian:14linux6.10.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-125.135UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-50.51UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1072.78UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1020.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1075.84UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1020.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1076.85.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1071.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1019.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1069.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1015.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1055.62UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1002.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-50.51~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1065.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1017.17~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1067.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1069.74UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-125.135UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-50.51.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1067.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1019.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1019.21.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1032.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1018.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1070.76UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1065.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-50.51.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1038.42UBUNTU-CVE-2024-44985

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 81d626b00bdba16504eeae9cc891b18e83a9471a – before b3a3d5333c13a1be57499581eab4a8fc94d57f36ee6b1db17f8287b615448488fc37f42bcfe9ece6 – before c47e022011719fc5727bca661d662303180535ba0c9f227bee11910a49e1d159abe102d06e3745d5 – before 975f764e96f71616b530e300c1bb2ac0ce0c25960c9f227bee11910a49e1d159abe102d06e3745d5 – before 38a21c026ed2cc7232414cb166efc1923f34af170c9f227bee11910a49e1d159abe102d06e3745d5 – before 124b428fe28064c809e4237b0b38e97200a8a4a80c9f227bee11910a49e1d159abe102d06e3745d5 – before fc88d6c1f2895a5775795d82ec581afdff7661d10c9f227bee11910a49e1d159abe102d06e3745d5 – before 2d5ff7e339d04622d8282661df36151906d0e1c7
Linux Linux 5.15

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