CVE-2024-56637CWE-362

CVE-2024-56637

High · published December 27, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

netfilter: ipset: Hold module reference while requesting a module

User space may unload ip_set.ko while it is itself requesting a set type

backend module, leading to a kernel crash. The race condition may be

provoked by inserting an mdelay() right after the nfnl_unlock() call.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00178 · 7.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Published
2024-12-27T20:15Z
Affected products (7)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 2.6.39, < 5.4.2875.4.287
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.2315.10.231
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.1745.15.174
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1206.1.120
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.666.6.66
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.56.12.5
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (9)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 DEC 15:02Z
    netfilter: ipset: Hold module reference while requesting a module
    cvelistv5