CVE-2024-56637netfilter: ipset: Hold module reference while requesting a module
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: Hold module reference while requesting a module User space may unload ip_set.ko while it is itself requesting a set type backend module, leading to a kernel crash. The race condition may be provoked by inserting an mdelay() right after the nfnl_unlock() call.
- CVSS
- 7.3 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 15, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 before e5e2d3024753fdaca818b822e3827614bacbdccf; from a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 before 6099b5d3e37145484fac4b8b4070c3f1abfb3519; from a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 before 0e67805e805c1f3edd6f43adbe08ea14b552694b; from a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 before 5bae60a933ba5d16eed55c6b279be51bcbbc79b0; from a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 before 90bf312a6b6b3d6012137f6776a4052ee85e0340; from a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 before ba5e070f36682d07ca7ad2a953e6c9d96be19dca; from a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 before 456f010bfaefde84d3390c755eedb1b0a5857c3c | CNA record |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 2.6.39 before 5.4.287; from 5.5 before 5.10.231; from 5.11 before 5.15.174; from 5.16 before 6.1.120; from 6.2 before 6.6.66; from 6.7 before 6.12.5; 6.13 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5e2d3024753fdaca818b822e3827614bacbdccfpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6099b5d3e37145484fac4b8b4070c3f1abfb3519patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e67805e805c1f3edd6f43adbe08ea14b552694bpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bae60a933ba5d16eed55c6b279be51bcbbc79b0patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90bf312a6b6b3d6012137f6776a4052ee85e0340patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba5e070f36682d07ca7ad2a953e6c9d96be19dcapatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/456f010bfaefde84d3390c755eedb1b0a5857c3cpatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
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