# CVE-2024-44987: ipv6: prevent UAF in ip6\_send\_skb()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.19.321, 5.4.283, 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 6.1.107, and 2 more
- Published: 2024-09-04 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 0625491493d9000e4556bf566d205c28c8e7dc4e, fixed in 571567e0277008459750f0728f246086b2659429; from 0625491493d9000e4556bf566d205c28c8e7dc4e, fixed in ce2f6cfab2c637d0bd9762104023a15d0ab7c0a8; from 0625491493d9000e4556bf566d205c28c8e7dc4e, fixed in cb5880a0de12c7f618d2bdd84e2d985f1e06ed7e; from 0625491493d9000e4556bf566d205c28c8e7dc4e, fixed in 24e93695b1239fbe4c31e224372be77f82dab69a; from 0625491493d9000e4556bf566d205c28c8e7dc4e, fixed in 9a3e55afa95ed4ac9eda112d4f918af645d72f25; from 0625491493d9000e4556bf566d205c28c8e7dc4e, fixed in af1dde074ee2ed7dd5bdca4e7e8ba17f44e7b011; from 0625491493d9000e4556bf566d205c28c8e7dc4e, fixed in e44bd76dd072756e674f45c5be00153f4ded68b2; from 0625491493d9000e4556bf566d205c28c8e7dc4e, fixed in faa389b2fbaaec7fd27a390b4896139f9da662e3
- Linux: 2.6.32
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.32, fixed in 4.19.321; from 4.20.0, fixed in 5.4.283; from 5.5.0, fixed in 5.10.225; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.166; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.107; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.48; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.10.7

## Description

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---

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (4.19.321, 5.4.283, 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 6.1.107) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571567e0277008459750f0728f246086b2659429
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce2f6cfab2c637d0bd9762104023a15d0ab7c0a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb5880a0de12c7f618d2bdd84e2d985f1e06ed7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24e93695b1239fbe4c31e224372be77f82dab69a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a3e55afa95ed4ac9eda112d4f918af645d72f25
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af1dde074ee2ed7dd5bdca4e7e8ba17f44e7b011
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e44bd76dd072756e674f45c5be00153f4ded68b2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faa389b2fbaaec7fd27a390b4896139f9da662e3

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