CVE-2024-27417 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime30 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.0OSV6.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 17
Latest updateAug 14

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix potential "struct net" leak in inet6_rtm_getaddr() It seems that if userspace provides a correct IFA_TARGET_NETNSID value but no IFA_ADDRESS and IFA_LOCAL attributes, inet6_rtm_getaddr() returns -EINVAL with an elevated "struct net" refcount.

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 Packages5 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.20 — 5.4.271+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.216-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-186.206+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linux6ecf4c37eb3e89b0832c9616089a5cdca3747da7 — 9d4ffb5b9d879a75e4f7460e8b10e756b4dfb132+7
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.82-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

14
OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2024-07-26
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OSV
linux-ibm-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2024-07-10
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OSV
linux-hwe-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2024-07-04
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OSV
linux-bluefield, linux-iot vulnerabilities↗2024-07-03
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OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-fde vulnerabilities↗2024-06-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

14
CISA ICS
Siemens SINEC OS↗2025-08-14
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-07-26
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities↗2024-07-10
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities↗2024-07-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2024-06-14
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2024-27417 kernel: ipv6: fix potential &#34;struct net&#34; leak in inet6_rtm_getaddr()↗2024-05-17
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