PT-2024-9292 · Linux+8 · Linux Kernel+8

Davide Ornaghi + 1 · Published 2024-06-11 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2024-39504

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CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV: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 (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to the nft inner component of the Linux kernel, which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference from userspace when mandatory netlink attributes in payload and meta expression are not validated. This can cause a denial of service.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:8617

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2024-13979

BDU:2024-10980

CVE-2024-39504

INFSA-2024_8617

OESA-2024-2076

RHSA-2024:8617

RHSA-2024_8617

RLSA-2024:8617

SUSE-SU-2024:2802-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1

SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1

USN-6999-1

USN-6999-2

USN-7004-1

USN-7005-1

USN-7005-2

USN-7008-1

USN-7029-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Linuxmint

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Red Os

Rocky Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2377

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/39xxx/CVE-2024-39504.json · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40957 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39504 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38780 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40921 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41087 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7029-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41054 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38611 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36933 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33847 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38634 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43863 · Security Note