CVE-2024-42269 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-42269

netfilter: iptables: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in ip6table_nat_table_init().

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: iptables: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in ip6table_nat_table_init(). ip6table_nat_table_init() accesses net->gen->ptr[ip6table_nat_net_ops.id], but the function is exposed to user space before the entry is allocated via register_pernet_subsys(). Let's call register_pernet_subsys() before xt_register_template().

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
fdacd57c79b79a03c7ca88f706ad9fb7b46831c1, 5.15, 0, 5.15.165, 6.1.104, 6.6.45, 6.10.4, 6.11

Timeline

Official Publish: August 17th, 2024
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.