CVE-2024-26739: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_mirred: don't override retval if we already lost the skb If we're redirecting the skb, and haven't called tcf_mirred_forward(), yet, we need to tell the core to drop the skb by setting the retcode to SHOT. If we have called tcf_mirred_forward(), however, the skb is out of our hands and returning SHOT will lead to UaF. Move the retval override to the error path which actually need it.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 11.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.19, before 5.10.238 (fixed in 5.10.238); from 5.11, before 5.15.182 (fixed in 5.15.182); from 5.16, before 6.1.136 (fixed in 6.1.136); from 6.2, before 6.6.19 (fixed in 6.6.19); from 6.7, before 6.7.7 (fixed in 6.7.7); version 6.8 only

Published 2024-04-03. Last modified 2026-08-04.