CVE-2024-46855
High
netfilter: nft_socket: fix sk refcount leaks
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_socket: fix sk refcount leaks We must put 'sk' reference before returning.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
September 27, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
684 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-46855
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_socket: fix sk refcount leaks We must put 'sk' reference before returning.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/076d281e90aaf4192799ecb9a1ed82321e133ecd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f68e097e20d3c695281a9c6433acc37be47fe11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33c2258bf8cb17fba9e58b111d4c4f4cf43a4896
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6572440f78b724c46070841a68254ebc534cde24
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e6fb59040e8964888afcaa5612cc1243736715
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b26ff7af8c32cb4148b3e147c52f9e4c695209c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddc7c423c4a5386bf865474c694b48178efd311a
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/46xxx/CVE-2024-46855.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46855