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CVE-2024-50024 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: Fix an unsafe loop on the list The kernel may crash when deleting a genetlink family if there are still listeners for that family: Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] ... NIP [c000000000c080bc] netlink_update_socket_mc+0x3c/0xc0 LR [c000000000c0f764] __netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0 Call Trace: __netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0 genl_unregister_family+0xd4/0x2d0 Change the unsafe loop on the list to a safe one, because inside the loop there is an element removal from this list.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cdec792b2450105b1314c5123a9a0452cb2c2f0 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dae9f1187189bc09ff6d25ca97ead711f7e26f9 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3be342e0332a7c83eb26fbb22bf156fdca467a5d kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/464801a0f6ccb52b21faa33bac6014fd74cc5e10 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49f9b726bf2bf3dd2caf0d27cadf4bc1ccf7a7dd kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f03a7f601f33cda1f710611625235dc86fd8a9e kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68ad5da6ca630a276f0a5c924179e57724d00013 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e0766fcf37ad8eed289dd3853628dd9b01b58b0 kernel.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html CVE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-50024
NVD Published Date:
10/21/2024
NVD Last Modified:
11/03/2025
Source:
kernel.org