CVE-2024-26950NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateSep 18

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wireguard: netlink: access device through ctx instead of peer The previous commit fixed a bug that led to a NULL peer->device being dereferenced. It's actually easier and faster performance-wise to instead get the device from ctx->wg. This semantically makes more sense too, since ctx->wg->peer_allowedips.seq is compared with ctx->allowedips_seq, basing them both in ctx. This also acts as a defence in depth provision against fr

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.65.10.215+5
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.216-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-116.126+1
CVEListV5linux/linuxe7096c131e5161fa3b8e52a650d7719d2857adfd493aa6bdcffd90a4f82aa614fe4f4db0641b4068+7
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.85-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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📋Vendor Advisories

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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2024-26950 kernel: wireguard: netlink: access device through ctx instead of peer2024-05-01