CVE-2024-36903 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-36903

ipv6: Fix potential uninit-value access in __ip6_make_skb()

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix potential uninit-value access in __ip6_make_skb() As it was done in commit fc1092f51567 ("ipv4: Fix uninit-value access in __ip_make_skb()") for IPv4, check FLOWI_FLAG_KNOWN_NH on fl6->flowi6_flags instead of testing HDRINCL on the socket to avoid a race condition which causes uninit-value access.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
605b056d63302ae84eb136e88d4df49124bd5e0d, d65ff2fe877c471aa6e79efa7bd8ff66e147c317, 2c9cefc142c1dc2759e19a92d3b2b3715e985beb, ea30388baebcce37fd594d425a65037ca35e59e8, 165370522cc48127da564a08584a7391e6341908, f394f690a30a5ec0413c62777a058eaf3d6e10d5, 0cf600ca1bdf1d52df977516ee6cee0cadb1f6b1, 02ed5700f40445af02d1c97db25ffc2d04971d9f, 5.10.178, 5.15.107, 6.1.24, 4.14.313, 4.19.281, 5.4.241, 6.2.11, 6.3, 0, 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.140, 6.6.31, 6.8.10, 6.9

Timeline

Official Publish: May 30th, 2024
Last Modified: July 14th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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