VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-35857

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.98%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-05-17
Last modified2026-08-04
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: icmp: prevent possible NULL dereferences from icmp_build_probe() First problem is a double call to __in_dev_get_rcu(), because the second one could return NULL. if (__in_dev_get_rcu(dev) && __in_dev_get_rcu(dev)->ifa_list) Second problem is a read from dev->ip6_ptr with no NULL check: if (!list_empty(&rcu_dereference(dev->ip6_ptr)->addr_list)) Use the correct RCU API to fix these. v2: add missing include <net/addrconf.h>

Weakness classification

  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-476

Primary references