CVE-2024-38612
ipv6: sr: fix invalid unregister error path
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: sr: fix invalid unregister error path The error path of seg6_init() is wrong in case CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_LWTUNNEL is not defined. In that case if seg6_hmac_init() fails, the genl_unregister_family() isn't called. This issue exist since commit 46738b1317e1 ("ipv6: sr: add option to control lwtunnel support"), and commit 5559cea2d5aa ("ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref") replaced unregister_pernet_subsys() with genl_unregister_family() in this error path.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00e6335329f23ac6cf3105931691674e28bc598c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10610575a3ac2a702bf5c57aa931beaf847949c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/160e9d2752181fcf18c662e74022d77d3164cd45
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a63730fb315bb1bab97edd69ff58ad45e04bb01
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3398a40dccb88d3a7eef378247a023a78472db66
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