CVE-2024-44985: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible UAF in ip6_xmit() If skb_expand_head() returns NULL, skb has been freed and the associated dst/idev could also have been freed. We must use rcu_read_lock() to prevent a possible UAF.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.15, before 5.15.166 (fixed in 5.15.166); from 5.16, before 6.1.107 (fixed in 6.1.107); from 6.2, before 6.6.48 (fixed in 6.6.48); from 6.7, before 6.10.7 (fixed in 6.10.7); version 6.11 only

Published 2024-09-04. Last modified 2026-08-04.