Use After Free Affecting kernel-cross-headers package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELCROSSHEADERS-7901103
  • published5 Sept 2024
  • disclosed4 Sept 2024

Introduced: 4 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-44986  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-cross-headers.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-cross-headers package and not the kernel-cross-headers package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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