CVE-2024-26950 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxe7096c131e5161fa3b8e52a650d7719d2857adfd — 493aa6bdcffd90a4f82aa614fe4f4db0641b4068+7
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
15📋Vendor Advisories
16💬Community
1Bugzilla
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