CVE-2024-36945
High
net/smc: fix neighbour and rtable leak in smc_ib_find_route()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix neighbour and rtable leak in smc_ib_find_route() In smc_ib_find_route(), the neighbour found by neigh_lookup() and rtable resolved by ip_route_output_flow() are not released or put before return. It may cause the refcount leak, so fix it.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
May 30, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-36945
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix neighbour and rtable leak in smc_ib_find_route() In smc_ib_find_route(), the neighbour found by neigh_lookup() and rtable resolved by ip_route_output_flow() are not released or put before return. It may cause the refcount leak, so fix it.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ddc0dd7fec86ee53b8928a5cca5fbddd4fc7c06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5df93c029a907b0ff5a4eeadd77ba06ff0a277d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5a466ab6e78d6f2e0f64435f1e17246c8e941ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da91e447d06dc649fcf46e59122e7bf8f0b2e0db
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/36xxx/CVE-2024-36945.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36945
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0006/