NetSight
medium5.5

CVE-2024-27417

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 pro…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 4.20 before 5.4.271
from 5.5 before 5.10.212
from 5.11 before 5.15.151
from 5.16 before 6.1.81
from 6.2 before 6.6.21
from 6.7 before 6.7.9
DebianDebian Linux
Version 10.0

Weakness classification

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