CVE-2024-27417
Not scored
ipv6: fix potential "struct net" leak in inet6_rtm_getaddr()
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
May 17, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-27417
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10bfd453da64a057bcfd1a49fb6b271c48653cdb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b0998fdd85776775d975d0024bca227597e836a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33a1b6bfef6def2068c8703403759024ce17053e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44112bc5c74e64f28f5a9127dc34066c7a09bd0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/810fa7d5e5202fcfb22720304b755f1bdfd4c174
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a54834c03c30e549c33d5da0975f3e1454ec906
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d4ffb5b9d879a75e4f7460e8b10e756b4dfb132
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/27xxx/CVE-2024-27417.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27417