Bug 2334550 (CVE-2024-56637)

Summary: CVE-2024-56637 kernel: netfilter: ipset: Hold module reference while requesting a module
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-12-27 16:02:55 UTC
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.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-12-28 02:38:11 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024122735-CVE-2024-56637-23bb@gregkh/T