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Linux Linux — net: Fix an unsafe loop on the list
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0028 20.5 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux b8273570f802a7658827dcb077b0b517ba75a289 – —
Linux 2.6.32 – 4.19.323
TIMELINE
Oct 21 Reserved by Linux
Oct 21 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-50024 (Linux). CVSS 7.3 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: Fix an unsafe loop on the list
The kernel may crash when deleting a genetlink family if there are still
listeners for that family:
Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
...
NIP [c000000000c080bc] netlink_update_socket_mc+0x3c/0xc0
LR [c000000000c0f764] __netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0
Call Trace:
__netlink_clear_multicast_users+0x74/0xc0
genl_unregister_family+0xd4/0x2d0
Change the unsafe loop on the list to a safe one, because inside the
loop there is an element removal from this list.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| October 21, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| October 21, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-50024 (Linux). CVSS 7.3 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | b8273570f802a7658827dcb077b0b517ba75a289 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 2.6.32 | 4.19.323 |
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