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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2024· Updated Nov 3, 2025

ipv6: prevent possible UAF in ip6_xmit()

CVE-2024-44985

Description

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

ipv6: prevent possible UAF in ip6_xmit()

If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed and the associated dst/idev could also have been freed.

We must use rcu_read_lock() to prevent a possible UAF.

Affected products

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Patches

0

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