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CVE-2024-35857

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.89%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2024-05-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2024-35857
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0.89%
Linux

Original NVD Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: icmp: prevent possible NULL dereferences from icmp_build_probe() First problem is a double call to __in_dev_get_rcu(), because the second one could return NULL. if (__in_dev_get_rcu(dev) && __in_dev_get_rcu(dev)->ifa_list) Second problem is a read from dev->ip6_ptr with no NULL check: if (!list_empty(&rcu_dereference(dev->ip6_ptr)->addr_list)) Use the correct RCU API to fix these. v2: add missing include <net/addrconf.h>

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