Use After Free Affecting kernel-64kb-devel package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.25.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-KERNEL64KBDEVEL-8175318
  • published10 Oct 2024
  • disclosed9 Oct 2024

Introduced: 9 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-44985  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-64kb-devel to version 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64kb-devel package and not the kernel-64kb-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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