CVE-2024-40957seg6: fix parameter passing when calling NF_HOOK() in End.DX4 and End.DX6 behaviors
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 0.73%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 45% 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: seg6: fix parameter passing when calling NF_HOOK() in End.DX4 and End.DX6 behaviors input_action_end_dx4() and input_action_end_dx6() are called NF_HOOK() for PREROUTING hook, in PREROUTING hook, we should passing a valid indev, and a NULL outdev to NF_HOOK(), otherwise may trigger a NULL pointer dereference, as below: [74830.647293] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000090 [74830.655633] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [74830.657888] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [74830.659500] PGD 0 P4D 0 [74830.660450] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI ... [74830.664953] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 0.5.1 01/01/2011 [74830.666569] RIP: 0010:rpfilter_mt+0x44/0x15e [ipt_rpfilter] ... [74830.689725] Call Trace: [74830.690402] <IRQ> [74830.690953] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [74830.692020] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [74830.693095] ? ipt_do_table+0x286/0x710 [ip_tables] [74830.694275] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd [74830.695205] ? page_fault_oops+0xac/0x140 [74830.696244] ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150 [74830.697225] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [74830.698344] ? rpfilter_mt+0x44/0x15e [ipt_rpfilter] [74830.699540] ipt_do_table+0x286/0x710 [ip_tables] [74830.700758] ? ip6_route_input+0x19d/0x240 [74830.701752] nf_hook_slow+0x3f/0xb0 [74830.702678] input_action_end_dx4+0x19b/0x1e0 [74830.703735] ? input_action_end_t+0xe0/0xe0 [74830.704734] seg6_local_input_core+0x2d/0x60 [74830.705782] lwtunnel_input+0x5b/0xb0 [74830.706690] __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x63/0xa0 [74830.707825] process_backlog+0x99/0x140 [74830.709538] __napi_poll+0x2c/0x160 [74830.710673] net_rx_action+0x296/0x350 [74830.711860] __do_softirq+0xcb/0x2ac [74830.713049] do_softirq+0x63/0x90 input_action_end_dx4() passing a NULL indev to NF_HOOK(), and finally trigger a NULL dereference in rpfilter_mt()->rpfilter_is_loopback(): static bool rpfilter_is_loopback(const struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *in) { // in is NULL return skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK || in->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK; }
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
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 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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)
- 0.73% · top 45% 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 7.5.
Affected products
- affected 7a3f5b0de3647c854e34269c3332d7a1e902901a – < af90e3d73dc45778767b2fb6e7edd57ebe34380d
- affected 7a3f5b0de3647c854e34269c3332d7a1e902901a – < ec4d970b597ee5e17b0d8d73b7875197ce9a04d4
- affected 7a3f5b0de3647c854e34269c3332d7a1e902901a – < d62df86c172033679d744f07d89e93e367dd11f6
- affected 7a3f5b0de3647c854e34269c3332d7a1e902901a – < 561475d53aa7e4511ee7cdba8728ded81cf1db1c
- affected 7a3f5b0de3647c854e34269c3332d7a1e902901a – < 9a3bc8d16e0aacd65c31aaf23a2bced3288a7779
- affected 5.15
- unaffected < 5.15
- unaffected 5.15.162 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.96 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.36 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.9.7 – ≤ 6.9.*
- unaffected 6.10 – ≤ *
References
References6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af90e3d73dc45778767b2fb6e7edd57ebe34380d (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec4d970b597ee5e17b0d8d73b7875197ce9a04d4 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d62df86c172033679d744f07d89e93e367dd11f6 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/561475d53aa7e4511ee7cdba8728ded81cf1db1c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a3bc8d16e0aacd65c31aaf23a2bced3288a7779 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.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-2024-38844 (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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