Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-36903 - Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix potential uninit-value access in __ip6_make_skb() As it was done in commit fc1092f51567 ("ipv4: Fix uninit-value access in __ip_make_skb()") for IPv4, check FLOWI_FLAG_KNOWN_NH on fl6->flowi6_flags instead of testing HDRINCL on the socket to avoid a race condition which causes uninit-value access.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2367bf254f3a27ecc6e229afd7a8b0a1395f7be3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2367bf254f3a27ecc6e229afd7a8b0a1395f7be3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e13d3a9c25b7080f8a619f961e943fe08c2672c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e13d3a9c25b7080f8a619f961e943fe08c2672c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c8ba16ab712eb709c6bab80ff151079d11d97a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c8ba16ab712eb709c6bab80ff151079d11d97a