CVE-2024-27417

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27417
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-27417.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-27417
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-05-17T11:51:07.803Z
Modified
2026-03-14T12:27:46.694969Z
Summary
ipv6: fix potential "struct net" leak in inet6_rtm_getaddr()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: fix potential "struct net" leak in inet6rtmgetaddr()

It seems that if userspace provides a correct IFATARGETNETNSID value but no IFAADDRESS and IFALOCAL attributes, inet6rtmgetaddr() returns -EINVAL with an elevated "struct net" refcount.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/27xxx/CVE-2024-27417.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6ecf4c37eb3e89b0832c9616089a5cdca3747da7
Fixed
9d4ffb5b9d879a75e4f7460e8b10e756b4dfb132
Fixed
810fa7d5e5202fcfb22720304b755f1bdfd4c174
Fixed
8a54834c03c30e549c33d5da0975f3e1454ec906
Fixed
1b0998fdd85776775d975d0024bca227597e836a
Fixed
44112bc5c74e64f28f5a9127dc34066c7a09bd0f
Fixed
33a1b6bfef6def2068c8703403759024ce17053e
Fixed
10bfd453da64a057bcfd1a49fb6b271c48653cdb

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-27417.json"