CVE-2024-56637 — Race Condition in Linux
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 27
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: ipset: Hold module reference while requesting a module
User space may unload ip_set.ko while it is itself requesting a set type
backend module, leading to a kernel crash. The race condition may be
provoked by inserting an mdelay() right after the nfnl_unlock() call.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxa7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 — e5e2d3024753fdaca818b822e3827614bacbdccf+7