CVE-2024-56637 (GCVE-0-2024-56637)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-27 15:02 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:51
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Summary
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.
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Linux Linux Affected: a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 , < e5e2d3024753fdaca818b822e3827614bacbdccf (git)
Affected: a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 , < 6099b5d3e37145484fac4b8b4070c3f1abfb3519 (git)
Affected: a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 , < 0e67805e805c1f3edd6f43adbe08ea14b552694b (git)
Affected: a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 , < 5bae60a933ba5d16eed55c6b279be51bcbbc79b0 (git)
Affected: a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 , < 90bf312a6b6b3d6012137f6776a4052ee85e0340 (git)
Affected: a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 , < ba5e070f36682d07ca7ad2a953e6c9d96be19dca (git)
Affected: a7b4f989a629493bb4ec4a354def784d440b32c4 , < 456f010bfaefde84d3390c755eedb1b0a5857c3c (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.39
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.39 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.287 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.231 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.174 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.120 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.66 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.5 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.13 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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