Bug 2275723 (CVE-2024-26864) - CVE-2024-26864 kernel: tcp: Fix refcnt handling in __inet_hash_connect().
Summary: CVE-2024-26864 kernel: tcp: Fix refcnt handling in __inet_hash_connect().
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-26864
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2275724
Blocks: 2275739
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-04-17 18:44 UTC by Robb Gatica
Modified: 2024-09-18 15:56 UTC (History)
49 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel 6.1.83, kernel 6.6.23, kernel 6.7.11, kernel 6.8.2, kernel 6.9-rc1
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A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel, affecting the `__inet_hash_connect()` function, which handles reference count management. This issue can lead to potential memory corruption or denial of service due to improper reference count handling.
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Description Robb Gatica 2024-04-17 18:44:18 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tcp: Fix refcnt handling in __inet_hash_connect().

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-26864 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024041736-CVE-2024-26864-397c@gregkh/T
Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-04-17 18:44:53 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2275724]
Comment 2 Alex 2024-06-09 12:41:22 UTC 
The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2024-26864 is: 	SKIP	The Fixes patch not applied yet, so unlikely that actual: 66b60b0c8c4a163b022a9f0ad6769b0fd3dc662f	YES			NO	NO	unknown (where first YES/NO value means if related sources built).
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