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CVE-2024-56637

HIGH CVSS: 7.3 Published: 2024-12-27 Modified: 2026-08-04

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-362

References