Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-44985 - Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible UAF in ip6_xmit() If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed and the associated dst/idev could also have been freed. We must use rcu_read_lock() to prevent a possible UAF.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975f764e96f71616b530e300c1bb2ac0ce0c2596
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38a21c026ed2cc7232414cb166efc1923f34af17
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124b428fe28064c809e4237b0b38e97200a8a4a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc88d6c1f2895a5775795d82ec581afdff7661d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d5ff7e339d04622d8282661df36151906d0e1c7