Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: fib6_rules: avoid possible NULL dereference in fib6_rule_action()

syzbot is able to trigger the following crash [1],
caused by unsafe ip6_dst_idev() use.

Indeed ip6_dst_idev() can return NULL, and must always be checked.

[1]

Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
CPU: 0 PID: 31648 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc4-next-20240417-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/27/2024
RIP: 0010:__fib6_rule_action net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c:237 [inline]
RIP: 0010:fib6_rule_action+0x241/0x7b0 net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c:267
Code: 02 00 00 49 8d 9f d8 00 00 00 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 42 80 3c 20 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 f9 32 bf f7 48 8b 1b 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 20 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 e0 32 bf f7 4c 8b 03 48 89 ef 4c
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000fc1f2f0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 1a772f98c8186700
RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: ffffffff8bcac4e0 RDI: ffffffff8c1f9760
RBP: ffff8880673fb980 R08: ffffffff8fac15ef R09: 1ffffffff1f582bd
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff1f582be R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 0000000000000080 R14: ffff888076509000 R15: ffff88807a029a00
FS: 00007f55e82ca6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000001b31d23000 CR3: 0000000022b66000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
fib_rules_lookup+0x62c/0xdb0 net/core/fib_rules.c:317
fib6_rule_lookup+0x1fd/0x790 net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c:108
ip6_route_output_flags_noref net/ipv6/route.c:2637 [inline]
ip6_route_output_flags+0x38e/0x610 net/ipv6/route.c:2649
ip6_route_output include/net/ip6_route.h:93 [inline]
ip6_dst_lookup_tail+0x189/0x11a0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1120
ip6_dst_lookup_flow+0xb9/0x180 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1250
sctp_v6_get_dst+0x792/0x1e20 net/sctp/ipv6.c:326
sctp_transport_route+0x12c/0x2e0 net/sctp/transport.c:455
sctp_assoc_add_peer+0x614/0x15c0 net/sctp/associola.c:662
sctp_connect_new_asoc+0x31d/0x6c0 net/sctp/socket.c:1099
__sctp_connect+0x66d/0xe30 net/sctp/socket.c:1197
sctp_connect net/sctp/socket.c:4819 [inline]
sctp_inet_connect+0x149/0x1f0 net/sctp/socket.c:4834
__sys_connect_file net/socket.c:2048 [inline]
__sys_connect+0x2df/0x310 net/socket.c:2065
__do_sys_connect net/socket.c:2075 [inline]
__se_sys_connect net/socket.c:2072 [inline]
__x64_sys_connect+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:2072
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf5/0x240 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Published: 2024-05-30
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3840-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3843-1 linux-5.10 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5703-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6926-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6926-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6926-3 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6938-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6949-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6949-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6950-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6950-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6950-3 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6950-4 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6951-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6951-2 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6951-3 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6951-4 Linux kernel (BlueField) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6952-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6953-1 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6955-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6956-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6957-1 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6979-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7019-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History

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First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T11:54:00.838Z

Reserved: 2024-05-30T15:25:07.066Z

Link: CVE-2024-36902

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Updated: 2024-09-26T15:03:09.186Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-30T16:15:13.770

Modified: 2026-05-12T12:16:49.490

Link: CVE-2024-36902

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-05-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-36902 - Bugzilla

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