---
id: CVE-2024-44987
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  ipv6: prevent UAF in ip6_send_skb()

  syzbot reported an UAF in ip6_send_skb() [1]

  After ip6_local_out() has returned, we no longer can safely
  dereference rt, unless we…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  ipv6: prevent UAF in ip6_send_skb()

  syzbot reported an UAF in ip6_send_skb() [1]

  After ip6_local_out() has returned, we no longer can safely
  dereference rt, unless we…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-416
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 2.6.32, < 4.19.321'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.283'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.225'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.166'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.107'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.48'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.10.7'
  - linux_kernel = 6.11
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.10.7
published: '2024-09-04'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T01:18:50.673'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44987'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24e93695b1239fbe4c31e224372be77f82dab69a'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571567e0277008459750f0728f246086b2659429'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a3e55afa95ed4ac9eda112d4f918af645d72f25'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af1dde074ee2ed7dd5bdca4e7e8ba17f44e7b011'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb5880a0de12c7f618d2bdd84e2d985f1e06ed7e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce2f6cfab2c637d0bd9762104023a15d0ab7c0a8'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e44bd76dd072756e674f45c5be00153f4ded68b2'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faa389b2fbaaec7fd27a390b4896139f9da662e3'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00255
epssPercentile: 0.15984
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.740Z'
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2024-09-04T20:20:00.407827Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: prevent UAF in ip6_send_skb()

syzbot reported an UAF in ip6_send_skb() [1]

After ip6_local_out() has returned, we no longer can safely
dereference rt, unless we hold rcu_read_lock().

A similar issue has been fixed in commit
a688caa34beb ("ipv6: take rcu lock in rawv6_send_hdrinc()")

Another potential issue in ip6_finish_output2() is handled in a
separate patch.

[1]
 BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ip6_send_skb+0x18d/0x230 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1964
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88806dde4858 by task syz.1.380/6530

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6530 Comm: syz.1.380 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3-syzkaller-00306-gdf6cbc62cc9b #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
  __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline]
  dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:119
  print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline]
  print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:488
  kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601
  ip6_send_skb+0x18d/0x230 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1964
  rawv6_push_pending_frames+0x75c/0x9e0 net/ipv6/raw.c:588
  rawv6_sendmsg+0x19c7/0x23c0 net/ipv6/raw.c:926
  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
  __sock_sendmsg+0x1a6/0x270 net/socket.c:745
  sock_write_iter+0x2dd/0x400 net/socket.c:1160
 do_iter_readv_writev+0x60a/0x890
  vfs_writev+0x37c/0xbb0 fs/read_write.c:971
  do_writev+0x1b1/0x350 fs/read_write.c:1018
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f936bf79e79
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f936cd7f038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000014
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f936c115f80 RCX: 00007f936bf79e79
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000020000040 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f936bfe7916 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f936c115f80 R15: 00007fff2860a7a8
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 6530:
  kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
  kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
  unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:312 [inline]
  __kasan_slab_alloc+0x66/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:338
  kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:201 [inline]
  slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:3988 [inline]
  slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4037 [inline]
  kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x135/0x2a0 mm/slub.c:4044
  dst_alloc+0x12b/0x190 net/core/dst.c:89
  ip6_blackhole_route+0x59/0x340 net/ipv6/route.c:2670
  make_blackhole net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:3120 [inline]
  xfrm_lookup_route+0xd1/0x1c0 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:3313
  ip6_dst_lookup_flow+0x13e/0x180 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1257
  rawv6_sendmsg+0x1283/0x23c0 net/ipv6/raw.c:898
  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
  __sock_sendmsg+0x1a6/0x270 net/socket.c:745
  ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2597
  ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2651 [inline]
  __sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2680
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Freed by task 45:
  kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]
  kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68
  kasan_save_free_info+0x40/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:579
  poison_slab_object+0xe0/0x150 mm/kasan/common.c:240
  __kasan_slab_free+0x37/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:256
  kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:184 [inline]
  slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2252 [inline]
  slab_free mm/slub.c:4473 [inline]
  kmem_cache_free+0x145/0x350 mm/slub.c:4548
  dst_destroy+0x2ac/0x460 net/core/dst.c:124
  rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2569 [inline]
  rcu_core+0xafd/0x1830 kernel/rcu/tree.
---truncated---

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 2.6.32, < 4.19.321`
- `linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.283`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.225`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.166`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.107`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.48`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.10.7`
- `linux_kernel = 6.11`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.10.7`