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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails It is possible to trigger a use-after-free by: * attaching …

High CVSS 7.8
CVECVE-2024-40954
First seen2026-08-04 22:15 UTC
Disclosed2024-07-12 13:15 UTC
Last updated2026-08-04 22:15 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails It is possible to trigger a use-after-free by: * attaching an fentry probe to __sock_release() and the probe calling the bpf_get_socket_cookie() helper * running traceroute -I 1.1.1.1 on a freshly booted VM A KASAN enabled kernel will log something like below (decoded and stripped): ================================================================== B…

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Affected products

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Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD