CVE-2024-40960

ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 12, 2024 at 12:32 PM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 01:18 AM UTC
7 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelSIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFPRUGGEDCOM RST2428P Firmware

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.6.17 ≤ v < 4.19.3174.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2795.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1625.16 ≤ v < 6.1.965.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2216.2 ≤ v < 6.6.366.7 ≤ v < 6.9.752e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e56.106.10 rc16.10 rc26.10 rc36.10 rc4
Vendor states this is fixed in 1ed9849fdf9a1a617129346b11d2094ca26828dc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 51ee2f7c30790799d0ec30c0ce0c743e58f046f2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 569c9d9ea6648d099187527b93982f406ddcebc0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6eed6d3cd19ff3cfa83aeceed86da14abaf7417b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 73e7c8ca6ad76f29b2c99c20845a6f3b203ff0c6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b86762dbe19a62e785c189f313cda5b989931f37 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d66fc4826127c82f99c4033380f8e93833d331c7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f0cda984e4e634b221dbf9642b8ecc5b4806b41e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.317 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.162 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.279 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.96 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.36 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9.7 (unaffected)
v < V3.1
Affected range stops below V3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < V3.1
Affected range stops below V3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < V3.1
Affected range stops below V3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < V3.1
Affected range stops below V3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < V3.1
Affected range stops below V3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (12)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed9849fdf9a1a617129346b11d2094ca26828dc
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51ee2f7c30790799d0ec30c0ce0c743e58f046f2
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/569c9d9ea6648d099187527b93982f406ddcebc0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eed6d3cd19ff3cfa83aeceed86da14abaf7417b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73e7c8ca6ad76f29b2c99c20845a6f3b203ff0c6
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b86762dbe19a62e785c189f313cda5b989931f37
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d66fc4826127c82f99c4033380f8e93833d331c7
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0cda984e4e634b221dbf9642b8ecc5b4806b41e

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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