CVE-2024-36286netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu()
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.27%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 80% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu() syzbot reported that nf_reinject() could be called without rcu_read_lock() : WARNING: suspicious RCU usage 6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-02060-g5c1672705a1a #0 Not tainted net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:263 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1 2 locks held by syz-executor.4/13427: #0: ffffffff8e334f60 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:329 [inline] #0: ffffffff8e334f60 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2190 [inline] #0: ffffffff8e334f60 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_core+0xa86/0x1830 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2471 #1: ffff88801ca92958 (&inst->lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline] #1: ffff88801ca92958 (&inst->lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: nfqnl_flush net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:405 [inline] #1: ffff88801ca92958 (&inst->lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: instance_destroy_rcu+0x30/0x220 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:172 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 13427 Comm: syz-executor.4 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-02060-g5c1672705a1a #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/02/2024 Call Trace: <IRQ> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:114 lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x221/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6712 nf_reinject net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:323 [inline] nfqnl_reinject+0x6ec/0x1120 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:397 nfqnl_flush net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:410 [inline] instance_destroy_rcu+0x1ae/0x220 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:172 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2196 [inline] rcu_core+0xafd/0x1830 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2471 handle_softirqs+0x2d6/0x990 kernel/softirq.c:554 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:588 [inline] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:428 [inline] __irq_exit_rcu+0xf4/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:637 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:649 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1043 [inline] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1043 </IRQ> <TASK>
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Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.27% · top 80% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 9872bec773c2e8503fec480c1e8a0c732517e257 – < 8658bd777cbfcb0c13df23d0ea120e70517761b9
- affected 9872bec773c2e8503fec480c1e8a0c732517e257 – < 3989b817857f4890fab9379221a9d3f52bf5c256
- affected 9872bec773c2e8503fec480c1e8a0c732517e257 – < e01065b339e323b3dfa1be217fd89e9b3208b0ab
- affected 9872bec773c2e8503fec480c1e8a0c732517e257 – < 25ea5377e3d2921a0f96ae2551f5ab1b36825dd4
- affected 9872bec773c2e8503fec480c1e8a0c732517e257 – < 68f40354a3851df46c27be96b84f11ae193e36c5
- affected 9872bec773c2e8503fec480c1e8a0c732517e257 – < 8f365564af898819a523f1a8cf5c6ce053e9f718
- affected 9872bec773c2e8503fec480c1e8a0c732517e257 – < 215df6490e208bfdd5b3012f5075e7f8736f3e7a
- affected 9872bec773c2e8503fec480c1e8a0c732517e257 – < dc21c6cc3d6986d938efbf95de62473982c98dec
- affected 2.6.25
- unaffected < 2.6.25
- unaffected 4.19.316 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.278 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.219 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.161 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.93 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.33 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.9.4 – ≤ 6.9.*
- unaffected 6.10 – ≤ *
References
References12
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8658bd777cbfcb0c13df23d0ea120e70517761b9 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3989b817857f4890fab9379221a9d3f52bf5c256 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e01065b339e323b3dfa1be217fd89e9b3208b0ab (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25ea5377e3d2921a0f96ae2551f5ab1b36825dd4 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68f40354a3851df46c27be96b84f11ae193e36c5 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f365564af898819a523f1a8cf5c6ce053e9f718 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/215df6490e208bfdd5b3012f5075e7f8736f3e7a (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc21c6cc3d6986d938efbf95de62473982c98dec (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-36017 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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