PT-2024-29174 · Linux+10 · Linux Kernel+10

Syzbot

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Published

2024-05-30

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Updated

2025-09-29

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CVE-2024-40959

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.10.0-rc2-syzkaller-00383-gb8481381d4e2
Description A vulnerability has been resolved in the Linux kernel. The issue is related to the function xfrm6 get saddr() not properly checking the return value of ip6 dst idev(), which can return NULL. This can lead to a null pointer dereference, causing a general protection fault. The vulnerability was reported by syzbot and is associated with a non-canonical address.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:7000
ALSA-2024:7001
ALSA-2024:8162
ALSA-2025_16880
ALT-PU-2024-12537
ALT-PU-2024-13979
ALT-PU-2024-14046
ALT-PU-2024-9967
BDU:2025-03433
CESA-2024_7000
CESA-2024_7001
CVE-2024-40959
DLA-4008-1
DSA-5730-1
DSA-5731-1
INFSA-2024_7000
INFSA-2024_7001
INFSA-2024_8162
OESA-2024-1961
OESA-2024-1962
OESA-2024-1963
OESA-2024-1964
OESA-2024-2124
OPENSUSE-SU-2024_2947-1
RHSA-2024:7000
RHSA-2024:7001
RHSA-2024:8162
RHSA-2024_7000
RHSA-2024_7001
RHSA-2024_8162
RLSA-2024:7001
RLSA-2024:8162
SUSE-SU-2024:2892-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1
SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1
SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1
SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1
USN-6999-1
USN-6999-2
USN-7003-1
USN-7003-2
USN-7003-3
USN-7003-4
USN-7003-5
USN-7004-1
USN-7005-1
USN-7005-2
USN-7006-1
USN-7007-1
USN-7007-2
USN-7007-3
USN-7008-1
USN-7009-1
USN-7009-2
USN-7019-1
USN-7029-1
USN-7183-1
USN-7184-1
USN-7185-1
USN-7185-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Red Os
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu