CVE-2024-40960
Detail
Modified After Enrichment This CVE record has been updated after NVD enrichment efforts were completed. Enrichment data supplied by the NVD may require amendment due to these changes.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe()
syzbot caught a NULL dereference in rt6_probe() [1]
Bail out if __in6_dev_get() returns NULL.
[1]
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc00000000cb: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000658-0x000000000000065f]
CPU: 1 PID: 22444 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc2-syzkaller-00383-gb8481381d4e2 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/02/2024
RIP: 0010:rt6_probe net/ipv6/route.c:656 [inline]
RIP: 0010:find_match+0x8c4/0xf50 net/ipv6/route.c:758
Code: 14 fd f7 48 8b 85 38 ff ff ff 48 c7 45 b0 00 00 00 00 48 8d b8 5c 06 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 14 02 48 89 f8 83 e0 07 83 c0 03 38 d0 7c 08 84 d2 0f 85 19
RSP: 0018:ffffc900034af070 EFLAGS: 00010203
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffc90004521000
RDX: 00000000000000cb RSI: ffffffff8990d0cd RDI: 000000000000065c
RBP: ffffc900034af150 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 000000000000000a
R13: 1ffff92000695e18 R14: ffff8880244a1d20 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f4844a5a6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b31b27000 CR3: 000000002d42c000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
rt6_nh_find_match+0xfa/0x1a0 net/ipv6/route.c:784
nexthop_for_each_fib6_nh+0x26d/0x4a0 net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1496
__find_rr_leaf+0x6e7/0xe00 net/ipv6/route.c:825
find_rr_leaf net/ipv6/route.c:853 [inline]
rt6_select net/ipv6/route.c:897 [inline]
fib6_table_lookup+0x57e/0xa30 net/ipv6/route.c:2195
ip6_pol_route+0x1cd/0x1150 net/ipv6/route.c:2231
pol_lookup_func include/net/ip6_fib.h:616 [inline]
fib6_rule_lookup+0x386/0x720 net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c:121
ip6_route_output_flags_noref net/ipv6/route.c:2639 [inline]
ip6_route_output_flags+0x1d0/0x640 net/ipv6/route.c:2651
ip6_dst_lookup_tail.constprop.0+0x961/0x1760 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1147
ip6_dst_lookup_flow+0x99/0x1d0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1250
rawv6_sendmsg+0xdab/0x4340 net/ipv6/raw.c:898
inet_sendmsg+0x119/0x140 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:853
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
sock_write_iter+0x4b8/0x5c0 net/socket.c:1160
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:497 [inline]
vfs_write+0x6b6/0x1140 fs/read_write.c:590
ksys_write+0x1f8/0x260 fs/read_write.c:643
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
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CVSS Version 4.0
CVSS Version 3.x
CVSS Version 2.0
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
NVD assessment
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
NVD assessment
not yet provided.
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Weakness Enumeration
CWE-ID
CWE Name
Source
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
NIST
Change History
8 change records found show changes
CVE Modified by siemens-SADP
6/17/2026 3:46:57 AM
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CVE Modified by CISA-ADP
6/17/2026 3:46:57 AM
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CVE Modified by kernel.org
6/17/2026 3:46:57 AM
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View Entire Change Record [{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","programFiles":["net/ipv6/route.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","versions":[{"version":"52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5","lessThan":"f0cda984e4e634b221dbf9642b8ecc5b4806b41e","versionType":"git","status":"affected"},{"version":"52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5","lessThan":"d66fc4826127c82f99c4033380f8e93833d331c7","versionType":"git","status":"affected"},{"version":"52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5","lessThan":"1ed9849fdf9a1a617129346b11d2094ca26828dc","versionType":"git","status":"affected"},{"version":"52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5","lessThan":"569c9d9ea6648d099187527b93982f406ddcebc0","versionType":"git","status":"affected"},{"version":"52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5","lessThan":"51ee2f7c30790799d0ec30c0ce0c743e58f046f2","versionType":"git","status":"affected"},{"version":"52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5","lessThan":"73e7c8ca6ad76f29b2c99c20845a6f3b203ff0c6","versionType":"git","status":"affected"},{"version":"52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5","lessThan":"6eed6d3cd19ff3cfa83aeceed86da14abaf7417b","versionType":"git","status":"affected"},{"version":"52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5","lessThan":"b86762dbe19a62e785c189f313cda5b989931f37","versionType":"git","status":"affected"}]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","programFiles":["net/ipv6/route.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","versions":[{"version":"2.6.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"2.6.17","versionType":"semver","status":"unaffected"},{"version":"4.19.317","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*","versionType":"semver","status":"unaffected"},{"version":"5.4.279","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*","versionType":"semver","status":"unaffected"},{"version":"5.10.221","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","versionType":"semver","status":"unaffected"},{"version":"5.15.162","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver","sta
CVE Modified by siemens-SADP
5/12/2026 8:17:00 AM
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https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
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https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html
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https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html
CVE Modified by CVE
11/03/2025 5:17:17 PM
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
CVE Modified by CVE
11/21/2024 4:31:57 AM
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed9849fdf9a1a617129346b11d2094ca26828dc
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51ee2f7c30790799d0ec30c0ce0c743e58f046f2
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/569c9d9ea6648d099187527b93982f406ddcebc0
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eed6d3cd19ff3cfa83aeceed86da14abaf7417b
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73e7c8ca6ad76f29b2c99c20845a6f3b203ff0c6
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b86762dbe19a62e785c189f313cda5b989931f37
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d66fc4826127c82f99c4033380f8e93833d331c7
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0cda984e4e634b221dbf9642b8ecc5b4806b41e
Initial Analysis by NIST
8/21/2024 12:53:01 PM
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CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CWE
NIST CWE-476
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CPE Configuration
OR
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.17 up to (excluding) 4.19.317
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.20 up to (excluding) 5.4.279
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5 up to (excluding) 5.10.221
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 up to (excluding) 5.15.162
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.16 up to (excluding) 6.1.96
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 up to (excluding) 6.6.36
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 up to (excluding) 6.9.7
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed9849fdf9a1a617129346b11d2094ca26828dc No Types Assigned
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed9849fdf9a1a617129346b11d2094ca26828dc Patch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51ee2f7c30790799d0ec30c0ce0c743e58f046f2 Patch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/569c9d9ea6648d099187527b93982f406ddcebc0 Patch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0cda984e4e634b221dbf9642b8ecc5b4806b41e Patch
New CVE Received from kernel.org
7/12/2024 9:15:18 AM
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View Entire Change Record In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe()
syzbot caught a NULL dereference in rt6_probe() [1]
Bail out if __in6_dev_get() returns NULL.
[1]
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc00000000cb: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000658-0x000000000000065f]
CPU: 1 PID: 22444 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc2-syzkaller-00383-gb8481381d4e2 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/02/2024
RIP: 0010:rt6_probe net/ipv6/route.c:656 [inline]
RIP: 0010:find_match+0x8c4/0xf50 net/ipv6/route.c:758
Code: 14 fd f7 48 8b 85 38 ff ff ff 48 c7 45 b0 00 00 00 00 48 8d b8 5c 06 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 14 02 48 89 f8 83 e0 07 83 c0 03 38 d0 7c 08 84 d2 0f 85 19
RSP: 0018:ffffc900034af070 EFLAGS: 00010203
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffc90004521000
RDX: 00000000000000cb RSI: ffffffff8990d0cd RDI: 000000000000065c
RBP: ffffc900034af150 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 000000000000000a
R13: 1ffff92000695e18 R14: ffff8880244a1d20 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f4844a5a6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b31b27000 CR3: 000000002d42c000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
rt6_nh_find_match+0xfa/0x1a0 net/ipv6/route.c:784
nexthop_for_each_fib6_nh+0x26d/0x4a0 net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1496
__find_rr_leaf+0x6e7/0xe00 net/ipv6/route.c:825
find_rr_leaf net/ipv6/route.c:853 [inline]
rt6_select net/ipv6/route.c:897 [inline]
fib6_table_lookup+0x57e/0xa30 net/ipv6/route.c:2195
ip6_pol_route+0x1cd/0x1150 net/ipv6/route.c:2231
pol_lookup_func include/net/ip6_fib.h:616 [inline]
fib6_rule
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kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed9849fdf9a1a617129346b11d2094ca26828dc [No types assigned]
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kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51ee2f7c30790799d0ec30c0ce0c743e58f046f2 [No types assigned]
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kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/569c9d9ea6648d099187527b93982f406ddcebc0 [No types assigned]
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kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eed6d3cd19ff3cfa83aeceed86da14abaf7417b [No types assigned]
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kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73e7c8ca6ad76f29b2c99c20845a6f3b203ff0c6 [No types assigned]
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kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b86762dbe19a62e785c189f313cda5b989931f37 [No types assigned]
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kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d66fc4826127c82f99c4033380f8e93833d331c7 [No types assigned]
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kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0cda984e4e634b221dbf9642b8ecc5b4806b41e [No types assigned]
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry: CVE-2024-40960 NVD
Published Date: 07/12/2024 NVD
Last Modified: 06/17/2026
Source: kernel.org
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